THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 19. 1914.
THE
I f I I DM A I ; and rePrt 'he amount of their Jn- was a grudge t against Villa, and at a busy . transfer , point with
. I v 31 J r ll A I ' came to the collector of Internal he took this method of attempting the front-end collectors working
; revenue by March 1. ' The blank
' AS IMPKPKNTKXT NEWRI'APKR
a. jackson . i'ii!.nhr for making report of incomes says
vabiiahed every ere n Id it-ri burnleyi and I This return shall be made by eyery
eery Sunday morning ( The Jtrornnt Bulld-
neT. nrosflwajr ana Tamniii t.. i-nnmna.irr.
Katareal at tka poetofflee at Portland, Or.. toe
. reoanilaBloa Ibrtwgb the ua'U a second
eiaaa iwetrer.
XELEfHOKKS Malo T1T3; Ho am. A-tXif.1. All
'S'fart media reached br tbeee numbers. Tell
tte operator what Sepertmeot yon want.
OHfclUN ADVEKTI8I.NO BEr-RESKKTATl VK
BeoJaorln A KeDtnor Co . Bronawlck Bide..
fa Hftb Ae.. New Vork; 121s fauole'
Sabaerbatloa term by mall or to any ad
ras la the Culted State or Ueilco;
DAILY
Oo rear.... ...3.00 One coootb 9 -60
, SUNDAY .
One rar... .... f l.M I One month 2f
DAILY AND SUNDAY
One rear. ......IT. I One month S .6.1
Joy of life seems to me to
arise from a sens of. being
where) one belongs, of being
foUr-amiare with the life we
have chosen. Ail the discon
tented people 1 know are try
ing sedulously to be something
they are not. to do mometlilng
they cannot do. David Grayson.
A FEW SMILES
to bring discredit upon his more showed that 282 passengers were
m .... - s j. a . "'" a ml-. e m .
successiui nvai. bus me scneuie loaaea mrougn rear ana ironi -when you poke a toad.' said old!
failed signally. ! ( doors in 304 seconds, or one pas- Farmer Hornbeck. philosophically, "you :
If Castillo is kept a military fsenger every 1.07 seconds. Atan-t tell which way JPg?-; Uow ab0ut that vacaat.lot ganJen;
prisoner w .wie uoiieu outies, iiidi : umer irantier pomi me om meuiou
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
was usea ,ana iuo passengers were t
come from property owned! and busl-i waning ror,inem io prove meir
ness, trade, or profession jcarrled on j capacity for government.
in the united states oy turn.
MAD DOGS AND MAD MEN
is
a serious.
A
MILLION IrOLLAK MARK'S
.NKST
T
the law or otherwise
business.' ;
The Journal' advises its readers
of the $3000 income class to lose
no time in filling out blanks and
returning them to the collector.
'The present collections are for
the period from March 1 1913, to
December 31, 1913, ten months.
All persons who received an in-
I
citizen of the United States, whether
residing at home or abroad, and by
ev.rv rtArsnn rpairiincr 1n the United
states, though not a citizen thereof, j fact will be notice to the constitu
having a net income of 30po or over tionalists that they have a friend I loaded in 235 seconds, or one pas-
eteVynon
xne Wisconsin puduc service
commission in a recent order re
quired that ' city's street railway
company to have collectors sta
tioned at transfer points daring,
busy hours. These collectors also
collect fares and assist In prevent
ing car congestion in the streets.
Kansas City people did not ap
prove the. Innovation at first. But
this sentiment was soon overcome,
and the statement is made that
now there would be a general pro
test should an attempt be made to
return to the old syBtem.
The federal government is a
stern collector and a severe penal
izes Violation of the income regu
lations by reason of ignorance of
come of $2500 format
1913 must report the
period in
facts by
March
ment.
1 or be subject to punish-
NOTIIIXd TO SAY
. city hart, the billing sysler
installed by Mr. Wilcox unc
I ff 10 overhead expense or trie
Portland water department n
1912 whs 8 55 ppr cent of the
total Income The overhead ex
panse Ln li:i fslx months under
Commissioner Daly) was per
cent The tncre!inJ (about $50,000)
was due to the monthly billing sys
tem. Or-gonian.
These remarks are made by the
Oregonian in an attack on the pro
posal to install water meters in
Portland. They are an attempt to
'male it appear that Commissioner
pfely's administration of the water
system is extravagant..
The Increase in overhead ex
pense, the Oregonian says, is due
to the "monthly billing system."
The' monthly billing system was in
stalled by th old water board,
January 1. 1913. Mr. Wilcox was
chairman of that board and among
the other members were Mr. Ains
worth. Mr. Winn and Mr. Macleay.
They paid $5000 to Whitfield &
Company for the monthly billing
system. . It took about twenty
clerks several months to install it.
Ky the Oregonian's own words
that system canned the overhead
increase. By the records at the
was
by Mr. Wilcox unc the
old water board, but the Oregoirlan
attempts to charge; the increase
against Commissioner Daly who
came into office six months after
the billing - system became oper
ative. Even more to the point. Com
missioner Daly recently attempted
to change the system from monthly
to quarterly payment of water bills
lit order to reduce the cost, and
louder and meaner than all others
combined, was the Oregonian's op
position to the change. It howled.
Its head off in personal attacks on
Mr. Daly. It incited almost to
riot, the two mobs that went to
the city hall to protest. It was
the ringleader in fastening the
old water board's costly system of
monthly billing permanently upon
the city, and it now attacks Mr.
Daly Decause overneaa expense is
increased by the "monthly billing
system. "'
And all this, the Oregonian is
using as an argument against
metering the city. The "monthly
billing system" has no more to do
with metering the city than an
day of Judgment.
The old pipe line from which
.Fortland receives part pf its water
supply Is rapidly deteriorating. Ap
parently the Oregonian thinks that
line will last forever. The steel ln
the line is becoming; checked with
perforations and within a few years
Portland will have to build another
line or get along with the supply
afforded by the recently construct
ed line. Not once ln its "million
dollar" dlscusrtton "of water meters
which is like Its "million dollar"
discovery of a diabolical Demo
cratic plot by four Republican
officeholders in the1 game commis
sion, has the Oregonian recognized
J
made no
ANUARY 29 last, The Journal
charged Circuit Judge Robert
G. Morrow with having made
false affidavits in tie collec
tion of his salary. j
The Journal charged that though
Judge Morrow made oath that "no
matters are pending before me as
circuit judge that have been final
ly submitted ' to me for three
months or more priorj hereto"
there were then a numbej; of cases
undecided in hiB court fhich had
befrn submitted many months be
fore, some of them for more than
a year before.
Though all this time the columns
of The Journal have been open to
him. Judge Morrow has
explanation or denial.
He has had nothing to say on
the charge that , he made oath that
no case had been pending in his
court for three months, jwhen, in
fact, the Hotel Bonding ordinance
had been awaiting his decision for
more than ayear. j
He has had nothing tjo say on
the charge that he made joath that
no case finally submitted had re
mained undecided in his court for
three month.s when, in fact, the
case of the St. Johns Lumber Com
pany versus Robert Brjtz et al
had been under advisement by
Judge Morrow for more than one
year.
He has had nothing to say on
the charge that he made oath that
no cases finally submitted had re
mained undecided for thre months
when, in fact, the case ' of Anna
Backstrora versus the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company
had remained undecided by Judge
Morrow for a period of ijnorethan
ten months.
He-has had nothing to say on
the charge that though The Dalles
case has been awaiting decision in
his court for more than a year.
Judge- Morrow made oath that no
case finally submitted jhad been
pending in hi3 court jfor three
months or more. 1
Though these and other false af-
N THE midst, of the. rabies epi
demic at Baker, some people
refuse to muzzle their dogs
and threaten action against the
officials if their dogs are killed
under the -eqtiirements of a city
ordinance. Five mad dogs were
killed ln. Baker Monday. ,
There is unreason In resistance
to the muzzling of dogs at Baker
or elsewhere when rabies is pre
valent. To do so is to defy neces
sary precautions against the most
horrible death known to man.
To refuse to muzzle dogs In a
rabies .epidemic is inhumanity to
man as 'well as inhumanity to the
dogs themselves. To muzzle" the
dogs at such a time is to protect
the dogs as well as human beings
from the devilish rigors and awful
convulsions of a rabies death. It
is the only way to rid affected
communities of the pestilence. It
has ultimately! to be resorted to,
for otherwise,' all living things
would become infected and die. It
is not merely the only way to get
rid of the infection, but It is a
perfect, method and always suc
cessful when rigidly applied for a
reasonable period.
Men are foolish to debate the
issue. Rabies can be as certainly
diagnosed as smallpox or any other
familiar disease. The negri bodies
in the brain of an infected animal
or man can be easily seen with
the aid of a microscope and are
an unfailing proof of the presence
of the disease. Not only can the
disease be x easily detected and
proven, but' any scientist can re
produce It,, by Dacterlological
method in brute or human.
The whole subject will be pre
sented in an illustrated article by
Letters From the People
v) I WJ
ing tbi s spring?
new
about the sarpe way
with the average I u iH a duU month when
Jury- fineatre is not projected.
"That sojT' re-;
turned young Jay J The thing most to be alarmed about
Green, in a non-! J the brazen wickedness of so many
committal wafy. i boys-
"Yep. For instance i . .J .
I - - n th- ot piunir ; JV" veorge or ureal Britain says
Jarvi.7wh-o-ir,lust SLSVSTt ! L ZT dHlbt 0t " '
Klckyhascet - courthouse for : pullln! a'-
out his. brother-lnaWa whiskers by ) If that Wied princeling had a notion
the roots In a fight, the Jury discharged f committing suicide, to become king
Plunk an fined his brother-in-law 10 j ' Albania was a neat way of probably
cents, the regular price of a shave.'
Puck.
An American motoring through a
small Scotch, town
was pulled up
excessive speed.
.Jidn t you
Fred Lockley
Journal. The
in next Sunday's
discovery of three
instances of rapies in dogs in Port
land this week in the season when
rabies is least to be expected Is
omen of the eteps that must be
taken as a protection against . the
disease before; the violent rabies
days of midsummer.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
T
HERE Is ; general agreement
that business and financial
conditions throughout the
United States are Improving.
This view of the situation is held
by Henry CleWs & Co., New York
bankers, who tlell disappointed op
timists that jwhile business has
been somewhat slow . In" recovering,
much lost ground has been recov-
(Oommnnlcationa sent to Tba Journal for
publication ln thia department ahould be writ
ten on only one aide or the paper, anoeia not
exceed 800 word ln length and muat be ac
companied by the name and - addreaa of the j
sender. If the writes-tfoea not deaire ' to
have the name published, be ahould so state.)
"DlaenMlon is the greatest of all reform
era. It rationallsea CTerytblng It touches, it
roba prlnclplea of aU false anctlty and
throws toem back on tbelr reaaonablenesa. If
tbey hare no reaaonablenesa, tt ruthlessly
cruabea tbem oat of existence and seta jap lta
own conclusions la their stead." Woodrow
Wllaoa.
A Protest.
Portland, Feb. IB. To the Editor of
The Journal In The Oregon Journal
of February 11 appeared an .editorial
entitled "A Portland Failure." which
does a grave injustice to the North
western Fruit Exchange. The state
ment Is directly ; made that Portland
"does not market Oregon ' apples" and
Fears. Most of the pears grown In
Oregon are produced In the Rogue
River valley. Most of . those are
shipped by the Rogue River Fruit &
Produce association, of which this ex
change ls the exclusive sales agent.
The Rogue River association marketed
through this exchange this season 367
cars of pears and apples.
In the fruit business of Oregon there
are two principal districts, Rogue. Riv
er and Hood River.. This exchange
markets tHe majority of the fruit from
the Rogue River district and prac- j
tically all of the fruit from the Mosier
section which Is broadly Included ln
the general Hood River district, and
some fruit from Hood River proper.
This exchange is, the oldest profes
sional marketing Institution in the
northwest, having been established for
four years. This exchange has cleared
through the Portland banks this year
approximately $1,000,000. It has dis
tributed from Portland Its commodities
Into 235 markets of the world, where
as at the time of its organization not
to exceed 60 markets had ever been
employed by northwestern producers.
It has been the pioneer ln the business
of opening up world markets for Ore
gon and other northwestern districts
for apples and pears. It Is the only
green. fruit shipping concern west of
Chicago that has its own direct branch
in Europe, with the 6ingle exception of
change.
We believe that The Journal baa
done an Injustice to one of Portlaod'a
own Institutions unwittingly, but the
effect Is none the less dangerous. .
NORTHWESTERN FRUIT EX.
By W. F. Gwin, General Manager.
The purpose of the editorial inques-
for
attaining his desire.
e
Millions of shovels have been In use
ln the northeast part of the country
lately, but not in gardening, as shovels
could be ued now in Oregon.
A bbr British railroad, not a hi a to
... : find in all England a man fit for its
that notice. "Dead ; m,!Pr, ei,f"!.'n!L n ?.oun
- - " gei n me ironi, and top.
"Course I did, re
turned the Yankee;
"but I thought it re
ferred to yous town."
Jean longed for a kitten with! all her
heart, but her mother was not fond of
cats, so she was not allowed to have
one, In spite of her ,
eager pleadings. At
length it became nec
essary for Jean to go
t the hospital for an
operation. "I'll make
a bargain with you.
Jean," said her
mother. "If you will
be a brave little girl
about having your operation, you shall
have the very nicest kitten I can find."
Jean climbedrupon the operating ta
ble and took the ether without a strug
gle. As she came out from under the
influence of the anesthetic and began
to realize bow sick and wretched she
felt, the nurse leaned over to catch her
first spoken word, "What a bfm way
to get a cat: The Delineator.
I' I
The agricultural department of the
federal government is going to con
duct an investigation to try to dis
cover means of Inducing hens to lay
more eggs. Xow this, if successful,
is something worth while.
-
Pity the pauper express companies.
Not only must they compete with the
parcels posi, dui their rates are to
be reduced. But through many years
they have been waxing exceedingly fat
ifiuufcu uurui ian i cnarges.
For a long time the Oreronlan in
slsted that Governor West, desnit his
positive and repeated statement to the
contrary, would be a candidate for
governor; next, under like circum
stances, that he would b a candidate
for senator. Now nobody believes any-
inuig ii says aoout mm.
e
The skeleton of a man who lived
200,000 or more years ago has been un
earthed ln southern California, and he
was only three feet high. Beside him
was a wolf as big as1 a present day
elephant. So the giants of those days
were lower animals and have dwindled,
while man was a dwarf and has grown.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
- . -
Union county will furnish about 100
payers of federal Income tax. la the
opinion of the- collecting agent, as
quoted in the La Grande Observer.
; - e
Corvallls. with less than one-third
of the taxpayers voting, has turned
down a new high school proposition.
The proposal was for a $75,000 bond
issue.
e e -
Evangelist Putnam has opened re
vival services at the Christian church
in Klamath Falls. He is a songster
of power, and also an accomplished
cornetist.
e
Because Eua-ene is not to be found
ln an atlas recently ordered, the Eu
gene librarv board has notified the
publishers that the book Is "held at
the company a disposal.
Medford has used in the cast year
over 6000 cords of wood brought down
br rail from Butte Falls. The Mall-
Tribune notes the fact and uses it to
point a home industries moral.
Salem's Commercial club Is In cor
respondence with the management of
a Denver furniture concern which rep
resents that it intends either to lo
cate or to establish a royalty business
with another factory there.
Almost every one of the II bidders
for the Baker $98,851 water bonds for
the two pipe lines recently authorised
by the taxpayer of Baker City offered
premiums, the highest bid. according
to the Herald, Deing par. accruea in
terest and' a premium of $2252.65.
. The Men's Liberal club has ben or
ganised at Salem with the object of
'forming sn open forum, or social
center." Officers are W. A. Denton,
president; Carl Smith, secretary; Roy
Burton, treasurer; Daniel Webster. C
S. Hamilton and Gideon Stolx. execu
tive committee..
e
T,Ktnar Coouille valley attractions
as "splendid water facilities, unlimited
timber supply, dairy pasturage the en
tire year, vast developing coal fields,
nroductive farm lands, a railroad com
ing, good roads, harbor Improvements
in aWht n n idal Hummer resort with
a moderate climate 12 months in the
vear. " the Bandon world aans: "nn
you beat it?" fc
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
i
"And what do you propose to 'do now.
Wrilliam7' asked his father of the son
who had Just come
home after arralua..
tion at college. & (7 r (f
un, yawned the
optimistic young
man, "I think I'll go
over to New York
and look for a posi
tion at $5000 per
you understand, at
$5,000 per?"
"Oh, yes," said the old man. "I un
derstand. ' You mean at $5000 per
haps!" j :
CANAL-TOLL CORRESPONDENTS ANSWERED
ered and economic conditions are ' tion was to show that Oregon products
sound and promising.
should be marketed through Portland.
We have one widow with 10 children
who will soon have been ln our employ
two years. Xast year we paid this
family alone! $750. Without the hop
yard work she would be forced to pfci.ee
her children in some charitable insti
tution and go to work empty ' handed.
This is only one Instance of npany.
Doubtless poverty and suffering are
caused by men who will makd ill use
of liquor, but think of the many who
mortgage their homes in ordei to buy
luxuries such as automobiles, .or who.
In the love of fine clothes and in or
der to follow; the fashions, gd beyond
their means.- If a man is a slave to
the use of liquor, prohibition will nev
er help him, j for if he cannot secure
it otherwise j he will ' manufacture it
some way. I have lived neat- a dry
town most of my life and I pave al
ways found three drunkards'! to one
where the saloons are allowed to op
erate, j
The little icity of Independence re
ceives $60001 annually in saloon 11-
From the Pittsburg Press.
The Press has received two valued
and most interesting letters from read
ers ln regard to the Panama canal tolls
matter, dissenting from the opinion
expressed in these columns on Tues
day and Wednesday evening that
President Wilson would err ff he per
suaded congress to repeal the section
of the canal act giving free passage
to American coastwise ships (excepting
those owned or controlled by railroad
companies). We have read the argu
ments of our correspondents most at
tentively, and while they are such as
evidently to have determined our corre
spondents' minds beyond recall against
free passage for American ships, we
are unable to alter our own conviction
that if President Wilson 'secures an
enactment requiring American ships to
pay the same tolls as the ships - of
foreign nations' (or any tolls at all) for
using a canal which the United States
has built entirely at Its own expense
(some $500,000,000) he will not only
err, but err very seriously.
fidavits made by Judge Morrow,
ana made as a circuit Judge in se- proved conditions,
curing his offical salary are a most
serious indictment of his honor,
Judge Morrow has had Nothing to
say. . ' j
Though these false j affidavits
are punishable under the statutes
with removal from, office, Judge
Morrow has had nothing to say.
His continued silence can be in
terpreted in no other light than as
an open admission that the charges
are true.
General trade is Increasing in
volume, ana u isi4 proves to be h w l?nnr, The are-ument was not ror me saioons.
another good j crop year business , that Portland should market all the
and ind-lstry Will be placed on a j products of Oregon, and the context of
firm footing. Already the steel", f sentence Quowa oy ir. vwmn
--j- .it' brings this out clearly.
utiuB ts leeiiug iuti eneci oi un
VILLA AND CASTILLO
M
AX1MO CASTILLO, the Mex
ican bandit responsible for
the Cumbre tunnel horror,
has been captured) by United
States troops in New Mexico. He
committed no offense against the
United States, and now the ques
Unfilled ord.ers
in January increased 331,000 tons,
and the tendency is "distinctly to
ward further improvement.
The monthly idle railway car
statement showed a decrease of
5200 cars in January.' Railroad
purchases have been curtailed for
months, and it is said that neces
sity will soon compel larger pur
chases. This will give added stim
ulus to industrial centers, the ef
fect of which will be felt through
out the country. . ....
Much importance attache to Im-
Contends for East Side Site.
Portland, Feb. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Why not the auditorium
for the east? And why so far north?
Wrould not anywhere between Burnside
and Hawthorne avenue be more cen
tral? Some day; the city must spread
to the east side.; Why not now? We
say "a. bigger and better city," yet
somehow some people want everything
ln one part of the city. We have two
fine avenues on the east side, either
would be a suitable location. Most
people live on the east side. Then why
should we east side people not bave
something to say? When I came to
Portland, there were East Portland,
Albina and Portland. It seems we
provement in I the financial situa-lp,oor lambs on th? ??st sdef,mus be
:, T ; , " i shorn of our wool (i. e. business) to
tion. Large issues of high ertde it witv, hSiT,
I am a woman and have never been
enough Interested in affairs of state
to vote before. I nave lert that ror
Both our correspondents, significant
ly enough, take the same ground
namely, that the American ships which
the canal act as it now stands will
favor "are not owned by the nation
but by private individuals. Why,
ask our co-respondents (and the ques
tion must be in many minds be
sides theirs), should the whole people
of the United States build a canal for
the benefit of this small class of our
citizens? Let us answer this question
by asking another, namely. Why should
the whole people of the United States
have to pay $500,000,000 for a canal
for the benefit of the shipowners, and
the commerce of Great Britain, which
will gain four times as much from
has for years been making an unequal
struggle to exist against the competi
tion of foreign shipping (practically
all -of which receives subsidy from the
various European governments), it Is
to be regretted that so many intelli
gent and patriotic Americans should
be willing to second Great Brtlain's
effort to prevent our government from
extending our shipping an aid which
would at best be only a small part of
the aid that British shipping receives
fmm the r.rltlsh government.
There is as much reason for the
United States government's making the
nrivatelv owned boats and barges car
rylng Pittsburg coal down the Ohio
and Monongahela rivers pay toll as
there is for making American ships
engaged not in the river trade but in
the coastwise trade pay tolls for using
the canal, which is an American wa
terway the same as the Monongahela
or Ohio river. The government Is ln
fact spending nearly $20,000,000 every
year to . provide free waterways to
privately owned steamboats ln Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois. Missouri, New York,
Massachusetts, California, Oregon and.
all other states. It has no moral or
constitutional right to treat the coast
wise commerce otherwise than aa it
treats the river commerce.
thenrV lf our COmmerce
to stay at heme and take care of my u J l"f7 ..,
babies and nly home, but I will vote! " ATh"
the coming election and I will vote tor," .. ,T . .'
the saloon atod against "woman suf
frage." If Iwomen will abuse their
rlght; as I thnk they do and will, then
I say it should be taken from them.
What would the Pacific coast
tage at Ban am a in return for the im
mense investment we have made there
(the $600,000,000 is only a beginning)
our government assumes the position
of having placed a heavy burden on its
, withmit th hnn industrv? ' cwn taxpayers ror the pront oi roreign
If Mr Thompson comes out to the hop- manufacturers and shipping syndicates,
thi- .niinir w will soon nut him I one of whose chief aims ln life is to
put American commerce out of busl
tion is whether to turn him over
the vital fact that the old pipe line to Pancho Villa or to Huerta for
Is swiftly, passing, and that by pre-j punishment.
venting waste of water by use of; Castillo must be punished, but. It
meters, 'the city can get along with is a foregone conclusion that the
the' recently constructed line for a United States will not surrender
good many years to- come.' Yet I him to Huerta, for sucl a course
this passing of the pipe line is one could be construed asj a virtual
or the huge fac.ts in the contro-1 recognition of the dictator. But
versy. this country has not ! recognized
Three times the people of Port- the constitutionalists further than
land have ordered installation of to permit them to secure arms
water meters. The.v did it in a from the United States. If Cas-
vote on a charter amendment June tillo should be delivered to Villa
3, 1907. They did it again June the act Itself might constitute full
7. 1909, when t'uey voted a bond recognition of the constitution
issue, among other things, "for i alists. !'
the purchase of water meters and j The disposition or Castillo may
. the installation of the meter sys- have large significance in fixing
tern in the supply of water In the America's attitude toward the con
City of Portland." They order.ed , stltutionalists. Villa and Castillo
meters again November 8, 1910, 1 'were once friendly - rivals in the
,by a vote of 7310 for to 5246 j pursuit of guerilla waffarel But
against. ' Villa has been the more success-
The big Interests do not want I ful of the two. He is hbw a recog
the meters. By the flat rate, one nized factor in the national affairs
big establishment gets $250 to of Mexico, while Castillo remains
$300 worth of water a month for a common bandit. Villa heads an
$30 a month. It is one ot the army upon which the future of
Bmnll Vvma n ..... .... I .1 J , X Ifn.ln. J a . , . .
oiucui uuuio umuciB anuueu to in uepeiius, ana i added re-
bonds and stocks have found ready
purchasers since the first of the
year. The European money mar
ket has materially improved, and
money in American financial cen
ters has been available for all le
gitimate enterprises. -
All things considered, say the
New Yorir. bankers, the money sit
uation Is as satisfactory as could
be expected, j The last national
bank call showed that these insti
tutions held $92,000,000 more cash
than at the previous call ln Oc
tober, while Joans showed a con
traction of $85,000,000. A year
ago the national banks reported a
loss of $36,000,000 in cash and
an expansion of $18,000,000 ln
loans. This is an exceptionally sat
isfactory comparison.
while, we have the pleasure of seeing
the traffic pass our doors. Why don't
the east, side business men wake up
and demand the auditorium? They need
it more than the west side. Let us
start the east Bide with the auditor
ium and have a little of the business
on our side of the river, and all unite
for a greater and better Portland.
Indeed why not locate the auditor
ium on Grand avenue and help to
make it grand in nature as well as
name? THOS. A. EDWARDS.
vard this SDting We will soon put him
in the way ojf earning what money he
needs to pay his grocer the proper
profit, and 1 think he might change
his opinion. I A HOPG ROWER.
i ; .
Thosei Mer of Visalla.
Portland, Feb. 14. To the Editor of
The Journalf-In Thursday's I Journal
there were two items which I consider
quite interesting. One was a (dispatch
as follows: j
Visalla. Cal.. Feb. 32. The Vlsalia
r.ess.
"When It Is considered that our own
starved shipping trade (unsubsldized)
"I arrived In Portland in the fall of
1850.- said W. R. McCofd. "I was t
e come out who ceneser uirney-.
Who Was Dlannlnar to .build a Uwmill
In Oregon. When It came time to go
i . ...... . .
xuuuu uiai nia pianae wouia not &i-
iow rum to make the: trip so. he en
trusted his brother Oliver Birney with
the work. H and his brother were
as unlike as day and night. Ebeneser,
me man who hired me, was a fine,
clean, manly fellow hi brother was
Just the opposite. My brother Jim had "
aiBo Deen promised a Job by Mr. Birney
"w we Doth started for Oregon wit:
Oliver Birney.
"When we came to the Sweetwater,
near the south pass over the Rockies,
we had made a long dry drive. Tr.e
oxen were very thirsty." They rushed
forward into the alr, much to tr-
disgust of Oliver Birney. He' curseJ
my brother Jim mho wa driving and
said, Can't you ontrei your oxenT
He was a man of violent temper, and
plcxing up a sUjut hickory goad, he .
was about to strike Jfm with It. I '
told him if he hit Jim tee wouldn't ltv.
tc hit anybody else. lHs immediate!'.
discharged both my brother and mv
self. turning us adrift.
"When the captain of our train beard
of it, he said, 'Oliver Birney has caud
more trouble than all of the rest of v
tne Pomnany nut tnetthmr Tn turn
you boys adrift Is the last straw With
several others he went , to Birney an l
told him 'If you cause any nvore trou
ble, we are going to trv you. sentence
you to death and kill y6u and we will
risk the consequences.' BlrneV was
aoiy rrigntened. H. agreed to take
us back and promised to cause no more
irouoie.
When we sot to Soda. Rnrlnn th.
train broke up, the captain and many
Of the others taking the - tnnthnn r
route for the California gold mines
while our party, consisting -of seven
wagons, continued on to Oregon.
I'The first camp beyond Fort Hall
after we were safely away from the
v.uiB.in. oirney again- fired us. lin
said he could get a dollar a pound for
ms nour and he wasn't going to have -us
eating him out of house and home.
The other emigrants had" no more flour
to spare than he had and In fact, aa
he had brought an extra amount along
ne naa nour ror sale. Dr. Low
rey. with several others, went to him
and made him give some of his flour
to u. e were getting pretty short
of . food but wu were able to trl.
small trinkets and other articles of ltt-
ve aiue, to the Indians for salmon.
Tne Indians did not know- old fash
ioned pennies from a $20 gold piece so
we polished up all the -big pennies we
had until they were bright and shiny
and we were able to buy buffalo roben
salmon and other supplies from the
Indians with them. On the North Platte
we met Kit Carson. He struck me as
wonoerruny capable plainsman.
The truth ln a nutshell Is that the
lawyers who have . been hired by the
transcontinental railroad monopoly to
mislead public opinion into taking the
British (and railroad) view of the
matter have found it wise to attempt
no Justification for it except the sol
emn pledge that they allege we gave
Great Britain in the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty that we would build a $500,000,
000 canal for her and prove that it
was tor her by shutting American
vessels out of It unless they paid the
same fee as British vessels to get in.
An examination of the treaty has con
vinced open minded lawyers, however,
that, the equality for all nations pro
vided for in the treaty was merely a
guarantee of military neutrality and
not a promise to Great Britain that
we would sptnd $500,000,000 of our
own money on a waterway and then
make American ships pay for the use
of it. How can It be said that to
make our shipowners contribute to
this $500,000,000 and then pay the
same tolls as English ships in addition
is "equality"? It is not equality but
discrimination ln favor of the Englishmen.
TO PROTECT THE SMALL BORROWER
A TRAFFIC INNOVATION
K
ANSAS CITY'S street railway
company has devised a means
for handling crowds and re
lieving congestion caused by
cars standing 'still while waiting
for passengers.
Thirty-five
are used in
front-end collectors
the evening, and a
the Oregonian's
article on meters.
v It is suctf "million dollar" home
owners that want to repeal the
three votes of instruction by the
people to install a meter system.
YOUR WARNING
F
to have had a
INE
million dollar" sponsibility seems
bracing effect upon him
Since the embargo .upon arms
was raised Villa has shown a de
sire to merit American j confidence.
He is endeavoring to suppress dis
order in the northern states, and
he has yielded to advice' from
Washington
half dozen inj the morning. They
are: placed at! busy transfer points,
at department store corners and
in the packing house district. The
front-end collectors are also used
in handling baseball crowds ln the
summer and! theatre patrons in
the winter. t ' '
The Electric Railway Journal
says these front-end collectors are
ordinary conductors,: performing
much the same duties as men at
the rear of the cars. The differ-
Sir OfltlAiivt aItc
those Who fail or ,.. . V " . " uii.-mi, msieaa
' o v. w niiu ii uih niimanirp ifiin n i .ni ta j . x
nrnnarlv -onAf. , , aj.c ia cijr-j ui uciug uu taiu, aic piawu ttt "
lo the coUector of 1 S "Vt "mSe" . ndsto?.d. a! ?iven oi?t9 remaia there I Z,'
An Auditorium Referendum.
Portland, Or., Feb. 16. To the Edi
tor of The- Journal Things move so
fast In Portland these days that It is
perhaps better to be premature with
the following suggestion than forever
too late.
If the auditorium site is to be re
ferred to the people, as the Oregonian
more than hints, how is the time to
apply the Oregonian's plan ln getting
names to the petitions. '
Therefore, let these petitions no be
hawked about the street" ln the
manner so offensive to the morning
paper, tout have them placed In some
convenient locations ' (west . side, of
course), such as the courthouse and
Bchoolhouses, and to these quiet spots
let the eager citizens repair, and. un-
uisturDea Dy tne arguments of circu
lators paid or otherwise commune
with themselves until they can decide
whether to sign or not to sign. Could
there be a more fitting occasion for
testing the plan? LORA C. UTTLE.
to the collector of internal
revenue. by March 1.
All persons receiving incomes of
$3000: and over must get blanks
a roan of honor, without political
amDiuon. i
"Castillo's probable' motive in
bringing about the tunnel horror
Rejoinder by "A Hopgrower."
Independence, j Or., Feb, 18. To the
Editor of The Journal I sent a let
ter to your paper about 10 daya ago
which was printed under the title, "The
Hopralser's Viewpoint," and Intended
to drop- the matter after expressing
my views. But I bave noticed many
severe criticisms. E. R. Thompson In
quired if I was ashamed to sign my
name. Indeed I am not, but X did not
write : the article to secure notoriety.
I wrote merely, in behalf of the hop
industry. Mr. i Thompson made the
statement that all the money spent in
growing hops comes rrom the wage
earner's pocket. Would he be kind
enough to name a few Industries
vrtiAra lh. wq CO rn A . H ... rt. e,.
ing stated periods, 'iney issue andlnish the capital? I quite agree with
collect transfers and receive cash Ella M. Finney in saying, "Make
fama i laws and teach temperance." If
. . ', r , . I man Is a brute you can make nothing
One test made by; theompany else of him. Aa for the waga earner,
By John M. Osklson.
At least twice New York state has
tried, through legislative enactment, to
! . . . j , ureveilL lilts Bliaia a.v... Kw...(
Merchants' association adopted a reso- upQn tne amaU Dor,.owers of the state
lution declaring saloons to be valuable i rmlM 0ffer their salaries or their
to a community from moral and social j household goods as security. The gov-I
standpoints."! ' ernor says that the matter Is still to
There Is o doubt tnat canrornia be 8ettled right,
has much cause to be proud of busl- j In any permanent settlement. Gover
ness men of' this caliber. Oregon is ilor Glynn says, a number of points
very proud Of Copperlleld. wnere tne ; must D. jtept in mind. Those most
business men cvnsiuureu uiv miwu
Just the thing, and in their efforts for
moral uplift! a Doy couia. Duy woio.
On your editorial page wnursday
anneared .this paragralh: ,
"Coming to Pprtland five weeks ago ;
with $600 in his pocket, Kawara isia-
ridge, a logger, died or deiirmm tre
mens yesterday. How few words it
takes to tell thewaie or tne grimmest
kind of tragedy!"
This $600 might have gone into
decent business, channels, might have
helped buy a noma or acnievei an edu
cation, might have provided 'a home
for the rest of the winter.
Speaking ot moral uplift, how much
better a - good suit of clothes and a
decent good time would have been
than the delirium tremens and the
grave. i
Yet there are hundreds of people
with Just about as much reasoning
power as these men of California.
important are: , .
That a. rate of interest be established
for lenders of small sums on slfender
security which will permit a reason
able return to those who engage in the
business; that the making of such
loans shall be made easy; that crim
inal prosecutions of the aharks who
violate the spirit or the letter of the
law be made easy; that a state official
shall have full power to Investigate
the books and business papers, of a
lender at any time; that in all cases
the employer of the man who borrows
on the security of his salary be noti
fied of the loan, and that "expenae"
charges made by the lenders (for look
ing up- the standing of the applicants
for loans) shall always be carefully
watched.
In your city, tn some form, this busi
ness of making loans to small borrow
ers is being carried on. It is about
a 60 to 1 bet that these small borrow
ers in your city (the men who work
for you or alongside of you ln the
shop or in the office) are being stung
good and hard by the sharks who
operate loan offices ln dingy rooms
on sidtrstrets.
" Tou can help to correct this evil by
asking your alderman to tell you what
is being done In your city to protect
the small borrower. If he says noth
ing is being done, ask why. Call his
attention to what the governor of New
York thinks ought to be embodied In
a proper law. 1
Then ask your representative in the
state legislature what laws are on the
books. Suggest to him that he get
Into touch with the governor's office
at Albany, N. Y. Also, suggest to him
to write for a lot of helpful Infor
mation and suggestions for correct
ing the load shark evil to the Office
of the Russell Sage Foundation. New
York City. You can help!
iiue quiet ana reserved, he always
seemed to know what he was talking
about.
The cholera struck Us on the Big
Blue Eartli river jn Nebraska. "We left
some of our party there in shallow
graves by the side of the trail.
"When I passed through Portland In
the fall of 1850, it wa pretty slow so
i went to uregon Cltyv: If I had been
choosing between Portland and Mit
waukie, I would havej said that Mtl
waukie had the better ifhance of being
the big city than Portland. It had
nursery, a newKpapr.a boat line and
the citizens were verjt enterprising
Pointed Paragraphs
bu
Gft
lum. Why do you not suggest this
plan. Certainly those who have prof
ited so largely without effort by the
w A . v. . nitv r w1 illnr to do
They will license a saloon, aire two i something for the city ln which they
or three men to watch the finished ; .. their lives and which has
prouuen ui mm ijn-o, iiieuu- .wu "ribeen so good to them.
three times as much to keen it down
as it pays, and then reason they are
making money. And at the same time
they will kick because their taxes are
so high and lament because their boys
and girls go to the devil. Recently at
the Y. M. C A. a great speaker, made
the assertion that of every 100 who
go down only 5 ever get up. But yet
we read the saloon is a. valuable thing
ln a community, from moral and
social standpoints. S. L.
A Timely Suggestion
Portland. Or., Feb. 15. .To the
Editor of The Journal Why! do you
not suggest in your editorial : columns
that some one whose wealth has been
made by the growth of Portland and
who has mora money than tfcey need
give to the city a site for the audi
torium.. There are ,very manyi wealthy
people in Portland whose property has
increased a thousand : per cant since
they acquired it- They certainly owe
some debt of gratitude to the city
that has made them wealthy; Would
It .not be a gracloua thing for', them
to recognise thia debt by presenting
the city with a site ror the t auditor
DAVID STRONG.
A Letter to Mr. Thomas.
Oregon City, Or.. Feb. 17. To the
Editor of The Journal I have seen in
The Journal a letter written by G. S.
Thomas. Kindly permit me through
your paper to address Mr. Thomas as
followa;
Why do you doubt? Where Is your
faith? Have you not any more faith
ir. your beliefs than- to be afraid that
someone will prove to you that Christ
was not the son of God,-and that there
is no hereafter? If you are afraid
someone Is going to clean up your re
ligion and show you that It is all a
myth, are you then worthy to enter
into the hereafter or call yourself a
Christian? Is not Christianity sup
posed to be built upon a foundation
that nothing can destroy? ,
You say if we are not to .believe"
in the birth of our Saviour, then we
have nothing . to lead us, for without
the scripture and the teachings of
Christ there 1$ no heaven nor hell and
no ' hereafter. , Do you mean to say
that It la a man's belief that makes
it so? You are right, there. Now I
believe in the Bible, but I do pot be
lieve the way I want, nor you. nor
anybody else wants it to be. Because
It Is not what you want it to be. It
Is what is right. I am ln the church,
but whosoever likes to criticise the
birth of Christ, or the Bible from be
ginning to lend, I am with him, aa I
want facta to show to others that It
Is so, and not put the light under a
bushel, and believe what a minister
tells me. Take away what you will of
my religion and I will build upon
what remains; It will be sufficient
for a foundation.
"Give us better ministers and more
missionaries at home," you say. What
do you expect? Are there not better
ministers talking to the people today;
but people-will not listen to them.
Are not they turned away, are not
they scorned, as Christ was? But
don't call them ministers; call them
socialists. It is too easy to go to
church and hear what a minister sayt.
and believe and not think. It la like
paying the way to heaven. If min
isters would say, "If you do not be
lieve in what I say, investigate for
yourself and think," would they be
called Christians, or would they b
called socialists? No matter what
you call them, tbey would be building
on a foundation that not anything can
destroy. O. A. HENRDC,
Never threat to k)ss a girl.
sy. ill
r. i
Keep otie eye on y'uMr enemies and
two on your friends
'.(: - '' -
S'inie men mistake (a. decanter for
the fountain of youthj
m. 3
Few men are able; to appreciate a
good Joke on themselves.
Some girls are shyabbut marrying
men who are shy of ready "money. .
;;! ,
The man who believe in luck- Is
very likely to develop into a loafer.
' -i
She may find It easier to fool him
than to keep him fooled.
-i .
The older a man grows the less wis
dom he discovers la himself and
others. . '
1
Many a man has reil money In his
pocket because he diuesn't own an
automobile. -;X
. j-
Noah may not hay1 been as wise
as Solomon, but he knew enough to
go tn.when it rained. :
One-half the world nows what the
other half Is doing because they are
neighbors. i
I
Probably not one- wpman In a hun
dred is built- after Hie model she.
would have selected had; she been given
the opportunity. j;.',
4; -
Blessed 1" the man who discovers in
the hour of his adversity that h has
a lot more friends than he thought he
had but he is scarce
,;t,
The Ragtiml Muse
7 !)1well f e
How foolish of the bigamist
To lead his doubly life!
For nowhere ran onejjsafely list
A duplicated wlfei' '
Thus doubled Is his daily grift
Of trouble, toil and strife:
He needs a double salary
Unfailingly to draw;
He needs a superfluity
Of sand within his craw
To face a reckless mortal, he'.
A double ma-ln-law!
, i-
To meet a double temperament
He needs a doubly. mood, .
I will not mention Rouble rent
To house a double brood.
But what about thecal iment.
Or double standard' food?
No bigamy for me. f nray!
Now, do not think'rtnrougli:
No one has asked the. anyway.
To call forth this retiuf f.
Still, as for me, one jw(f, I aay-
And one is quite enough!
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