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6 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1914. THE JOURNAL . if INDEPBTCDEWT NKWRPAfRR C. S, JsCKBON Peblfher Published Trr evening (esrept SoDda) and wjr 8onUr morning t The Journal Build- inc, Bron(jwr and Yiimbin t.. Portiand-Or. Catered at th pwtottla it Portland. Or., tot - trioiululua lb rough tbs nails sJ cel IfcUCPHONK-M.ln T1T3; Bom. A-eotM. All partssuls reached by tbaoe lantMfV. tm ta rrilr wht department roe want. UUICION aftYKU'f ItMNO aKFKSSKNTATI V Beajaajls Ksotooc Co.. Brunswick Bid.. 223 fifth .. Kaw JTori; 121S Paopla'f l Wss 8MC Chicago, ' Subscription termi by nail -pr to an ad aM la tba United Stataa ot Maxloo: DAILY Oa year. ......95.00 I Om nontk -60 SCWDAI Ooa rear IJ.bu On month....... .39 DAILY AND SUNDAY ' . Ooa year $7.60 I One month....'. ..$ .65 9 I find the doctors and the - sages Have differed in all climes and agee. And two In fifty scarce agree On what la pure morality. Moore. BRITAIN'S REAL PROGRAM MEMBERS of Congress are asked to repeal the free tolls provision. That is not all they will be asked to re peal. It will be free tolls: now, and later the provision prohibiting railroad-owned ships from using the canal. An illuminating glimpse of what the British program will ultimately be, appears in a Wash ington news dispatch published throughout the United States Jan uary 25, 1913. It says: Considerable speculation exists ns to the probable course of the Brit ish government respecting" the reser vations contained In Sir Edward Grey'a note touching- the provisions of the Panama canal tolla act for bidding the use of the canal by railroad-owned steamships. It Is as sumed that the British foreign, office has refrained from defining- tta po sition in this matter until the United States government actually under takes to exclude such easels from the canal, when the issue promptly will'. be made. Soon or late this must be met, and according- to the official view, unless Congress is willing to rescind this feature of the law aa wall as that exempting- American coastwise shipping- fom tolls, the matter host could be dealt with through the special commission pro posed by Secretary Knox. There is not the slightest doubt that the provision respecting railroad-owned ships la the real-point ofRrltish objection. The free tons claim Is a mere blind. Brit ish ships cannot engage in Ameri can coastwise trade. They are ex cluded from that trade by Ameri can laws, and therefore cannot have the slightest Interest in what shall be the terms ror American coastwise shipping through the canal between one American port . and another. Not so with the prohibition of railroad ships from use of the canal. Thus, a Canadian Pacific Railroad steamship will demand the right to use the canal with Canadian lumber for Gulf and At lantic ports and it will b argued that the treaty is violated by our denial to it of use of the canal. Thereupon, a strong demand for repeal of the prohibition will be raised, and if we surrender the free tolls clause on 1 the ground that it is a violation of -the treaty, w i shall tbenhave to abandon the railroad steamer clause as a vio lation of the treaty. The admission and the precedent as to free tolls will compel the surrender ef the railroad provi sion, and the people of the United canal pass under the indirect in fluence of the railroads whose ships will drive American indepen dent coastwise ships put of the canal as independent steamboat lines have been driven from American rivers. , Those days, If they ever come, will be mournful days for the Democratic party whose latest na tional platform says: We favor the exemption from tolls of American ships engaged In -coastwise trade rtasstnc- thrnnrh m Panama canal. We. also favor legislation forbid ding the use of the Panama canal by ships owned or controlled by rauroan carrters engaged In trans portatlon competitive with the. canal. which we believe to be essential to our national welfare. Our pledges are mad to - be. kept whan la offloe, a wall aa relied upon during- the campaigns. SCHOOLS AND EFFICIENCY DON'T let the public lambaste you because you only pay $5 a week to-the girl who la worth leas. Lambaste the public, which gives you the -5 girl when Jhe Is the most expensive employe you have. This advice was given by H. E. Miles, vice president of' the United iStates Chamber of Commerce, to members of the National Retail Dry Goods ' Association at their annual convention in New York last week. Mr. Miles discussed min imum wage legislation and put Diame ior the present valuation of labor upon the shoulders of the -educational system. He said: lu.'' The $14 a week girl la the, cheap est labor you can hire, and the $5 girl Is the dearest. This country's educational planta are worth a billion dollars, and each year we spend half " a billion more" for maintenance. We - allow . 60 per cent of the children, all those who would be affected by a minimum wage scale, to leave school at the end of the fourth, fifth or alxth grade. Don't let the public blame you for the girl who la sub sidfted by parent or lover, and don't let the publlo make you subsidize them. ' y ; Mr. Miles 'advised employers to demand that the people ' of the United States teach children effi ciency, and , pay the bill. He ad vocated vocational instruction, say ing tbe average girl who is turned out of school with a knowledge of readlng.' writing and arltbmetie la not educated, bat has only, the bare tQola for acquiring aa education. Too many boys and girl I leave Hf hnnl aLOoMror Anna Kn tha wfetra- . , .. - ' ; . . " collar Jobs, no, matter what they pay. ; ; . j p . There is much truth in Mr. Miles' criticism of the public schools, but they are not alone re sponsible for the $5 girl. ! The schools are. making rapid progress in vocational training work, but they cannot be expected to develop efficiency in all children whose home life makes for inefficiency. One trouble Is that too many chil dren are required to become bread winners too early In jlife. They enter the fight handicapped from the start, and only the strong survive. a folly; T HERE is no use to push this recall business. ' It would be beaten. The officials concerned haven't had time enough to show what they can do. In any vote now,Hhe great American tj'ense of fair play would assert itself and bury the recall candidate under an ava lanche of adverse, ballots. The mayor has-done nothing for which o be recalled- Nor has Mr. Brewster, Nor has Mr. DieckV If the mayor had thrown the town wide open or tried to usurp undue authority or plotted to overthrow popular government, a recall would be in order. If Mr. Dleck and. Mr. Brewster had been discovered in graft or jn wanton neglect of duty, or In a conspiracy to disobey the charter and laws, there would be reason to recall them. ; j But mere difference of view, on what some people think1 they ought to do on a public matter Is not sufficient reason for using, the recall. The recall was never Intended for such use. It will never bV suc cessful when applied to such use. If frequently resorted to for such purposes, the recall itself will be recalled by the wrath of a dis gusted public. ' The present petitions should be dropped. " There is no use to con vert Portland Into a bedlam of tur moil and turbulence. When there is something to recall these offi cials for, The Journal will be one of the first to push the movement. But It wants to see the recall preservea, , ana aggressively op poses Its bse In a foolish and non sensical business. IN CALIFORNIA M' UNICIPAL control of water fronts is a platform plank of the Democratic party of -California as voiced by the State league of Iroquois clubs. Recently the state authorities of Washington withdrew tidelandd entirely from sale, holding th'at it is true conservation of public "in terests for all such properties to remain under public control. A recent decision in Ne York de clares all the ' tidelands in that state to be the property of .the people. The enabling act of Oregon de clared tide and submerged lands along navigable waters to be high ways of commerce forever free. But like the swamp lands, the school lands, the forest lands, and the other parts of the public do- main, these lands in the river .'beds and along the ocean shore Iri Ore gon are largely cornered by ' pri vate aggression.- i While other states and particu larly other Pacific Coast seaports are installing great systems of pub lic docks, Portland, by the decision of the Oregon supreme court last June and by the prices set by a Jury in the Multnomah county cir cuit court is suddenly checked in her effort to match rival seaports in the construction of municipal terminals. In Portland, we were forced to pay $876 a front foot for the Pa cific Milling & Elevator dock, site, and $864 a front foot for the East ( Side site. They are prices beyond all bounds, and their effect is to arrest progress in the docks en deavor, if not to actually threaten destruction of the enterprise. We are actually buying back at these enormous prices wharf-rights on submerged lands which the Ore gon legislature Jauntily gave away without a penny of compensation in return. We are heavily handicapped as a result in our commercial prog ress, and it will not be. surprising If presently "municipal control of waterfronts" also becomes a slogan in Oregon party platforms. BRITONS AND AMERICANS 1 N AN open letter to the American people the Earl of Kintore says the English people will be at san Francisco. In 1915. The British nation will not be repre sented officially, ;but the British people will take part In the expo sition. The letter is an appeal to the American people in behalf of the Anglo-American exposition which will open In London next May and continue tnrough October. The Earl -of Kintore is chairman of the executive committee havinar charse of the affair, and he Iay8 stress upon tbe neeeisity of .promoting international commerce by bringing the peogle of two oatns more closely together. t Greaf Britain. lj our best cus tomer, and hec.u&tt of' that tlier? Is good reasstHi why A-mricpn ??isn ufatturers slioiild-uk. part t iha London : exposition. It - will mark the beginning of the centennary of peace celebration- It will afford Americans an opportunity to show genuine friendship, an opportunity which ought! not to be neglected. The United States is big enough to overlook' Great Britain's de cision not to be officially repre sented at Sail Fraociaco. The Earl of Kintore is right. Friendship between two nations is best shown by the people themselves, j LIKE TWO PEAS T HE OREGONIAN ha heretofore thought; highly 6f Dr. C. J. Smith as suitable material for governor. It regrets to ba obliged to modify tta opinion. Oregonlan, January 10, 1914. ' The modification In the Oregon! an's mind took place because Dr. Smith approved Governor West's action at Copperfield. j Inadvertently, the Oregonlan now indorses Dr. Smith's candidacy. The following parallel between the Oregonian's editorial of Tuesday, "Oregon's Next Governor," and Dr. Smith's platform is explanatory; Oregonlan The candidate, for the governorship who proposes a rational plan for the reduction of taxes and for economy in public administration will win. . Smith's platform I am of the opin ion that the state has been outrun, nine itself ta the matter of appropri ations. The strictest economy along all lines would be my policy if elected governor. j Oreg-onian The candidate !for gov ernor who proposes-to purge the pub lic payroll of their numerous tax- eaters will bo Irresistible. Smith's platform While our penal and eleemosynary institutions should be maintained upon a high plane. every effort should be made to keep down maintenance cost through good business management. ' Oregonlan The candidate for gov ernor who proposes to cut off super fluous boards and commissions, and to oppose all public appropriations therefor cannot be beaten. Smith's platform Wherever useless boards and commissions' exist, I be lieve they should be abolished in the Interest of the taxpayer. Oregonlan The candidate for gov ernor whq offers as a cardinal plank in his platform an Initiative amend ment to the state constitution giving the governor the power of veto over single items In any appropriation bill, will have struck the keynote of prac tical and effective reform. j. Smith's platform Provision -should be made, giving the governor power or veto over any single Item In an appropriation bill. Thus, in the great matter of tax ation and reform, Dr. Smith seems to be exactly the kind of governor the Oregonlap, is. looking for. Two peas could not be more alike than their views on public economy, and reduction of taxes. , Is the Oregonlan about to again "modify its opinion" and renew It3 ancient view when "it thought highly of DrJ C. J. Smith as suit able material for governor?" MR. HOLMAN APPROVES T HERE is no sound reason why the people should not be per mitted to pay their taxes in quarterly installments, nor why the county should not adapt it self to such I a plan of ' collection, Nothing could be more ridiculous than the present law governing tax collections, which this year demands of the people of Multnomah county that they go down into their pockets for nearly $8,950,000 at one time. Rufus C. Holman, Chairman Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Holman is right. Nothing To re- could be more ridiculous quire the people of the county to pay out $8,950,000 in money a year in advance for government is absurd. As Mr. Holman further says: No bne believes for one moment that the several governmental agen cies can use this vast amount of tax money as fast as It is distributed to them. With one scoop this money is taken out of the channels of trade and Industry and landed in the county ' treasury to be loaned while there at the rate of two per cent per annum on re-deposit. It is unnecessary to, add that the hoarding of this vast i amount of money at the opening of spring, and especially in a season of slow business. Is a serious drawback to the community. Quarterly payment of taxes would relieve this tense situation. Why pile up nearly nine million dollars in the banks and hold it there subject to check for a whole year's public j business? Why rob people of the j use and of the inter est on this vast sum? The Journal has long urged a change. A system of quarterly payments, distributing collections through the entire year would ob viate the objections urged by Com missioner Holman against the pres ent outworn and antiquated plan. STANDARD OIL IN CHINA w HEN President Wilson re fused posed to sanction the pro-six-power loan to the claim was made China! that American enterprise had been handicapped. It was said thai; our capital could not seek investment in the irew republic unless the United States guaranteed it, the same protection that Europe was willing to give its capital. , But In spite of this prediction an agreement has been reached by the Chinese government and the Standard Oil Company' which will have a tremendous influence in promoting business relations be tween the two countries. China has shown a preference to deal with American rather than Ger man or Jpapea interests. The Standard Oil Company has entered intoi a "partnership with China to develop oil fields under the protection ef tfeat government, which is to share in the profits. Japanese interests sought, the eeii cessions, and ! Gertuay was willing to make a idan, bnt oply on con dition that the Chinese would agre to buy none' but Gfrmaa good. ChKyi rVfiissd to bJnd berpelf and . turfed to .h a rru.an company. with the result . that trade's door is still open. ; : ', It Is a significant fact .that at M vy..- t0JOi!WW.i-mJ?1JSr' tW Kreinent with Standard Oil was entered into without a loan. The American company now has Investments of about S20.000.000 4n that country. and present plans call for IS, 000. .000 to . $4 0.000.900 more. This money will be invested on. the com pany's own responsibility, and in fact is evidence that capital does not need a foreign policy designed to protect the last dollar of a pre carious foreign Investment, j Letters From the People lOommaoloatlona seat ta Tka Journal fa pcbUcatioa la this department aaoald be writ, tea on aolr oaa aide at tba aaoec. aaoald not exceed 800 words la length and aauit be ae aonpaalad by tba name aad addreaa at tba aenaer. iz tna writer fcoea sot aeair ta have taa bun published, be aboaM a state.) "DlaettBsioa Is tba neatest af aU reform- era. It rationalises everything It tonehaa. it toea prlnclplea of aU xalae aanetlty aad throw them back oa tbelr reaaeaabteneflo. II they hare do reaaanableaeaa. it rntbleeslr crushes them oat ef existence and sets ns Its awn conclusions la their etead.'N-Woodrew Judge Lowell Makes Declaration. i Pendleton, Or.. Feb. 23. To tbe K&- ltor ef The Journal Assuming that tbe entries for the primary guberna torial raee are now substantially com plete, it may not be amisa to. venture the prediction that, notwithstanding the elaborate platforms promulgated. tne man who can impress the people that his election will assure four things will be triumphant in Novem ber. These- four are as follows: (1) Repeal of recent laws providing for additional officers and Increased sala ries; (2) retrenchment along every line, except actual necessities, in 'the conduct of state affairs; (3) power in the governor to suspend. peremptorily, without recourse to courts, any peace officer who is lax in the enforcement of law, and to appoint another in his place; (4) the repeal of thet so-called home rule amendment. The last must come from the people, but In my Judg ment no candidate can dodge that issue and be elected. The high taxes of this period are un Juatlfiable. With a population of T50, 000, we are aping the etates of 7,500, 060, despising the day of small things, B T1 H ttuffarlncr tVi a pnn.AnllAnp.1 OTe must cut our clothes according to the cloth. A strong man Is needed In the executive chair during the next four ! years a man who will cut to the quick in appropriations, restrain legislative logrolling, and enforce the laws with a firm and impartial hand. There are grave doubts whether there is sufficient sentiment for state wide prohibition to make that issue potent in the election of a governor. The writer intends, nevertheless, to support the movement witW voice, pen and ballot, as a matter of public inter est. But the "home rule" delusion is apparently doomed, and Justly so. It caught popular sentiment as a catch phrase, but U haa net withstood the oonslderate Judgment of the fireside, and will probably be voted out as un fair, unjust, impolitic and hostile to public good. There will not be much party spirit manifest, but there will be an abun dance of moral and economic senti ment behind the voting at tne general election. : STEPHEN A. LOWELL. The Helpless Householder. Portland, Feb. 24. To the Editor of the Journal A few words, please, since silence Just now to me seemeth not golden. Judiciously spent public money need not impose such burdens on small property-owners as confront us Just at present. Even moderate discernment is not needed to tell us this. We have three lots one vacant, one the home, and from the other an in come of $16 per month. A tax state ment of some $55 is to bo met. There are four of us in the family. My hus band has worked for perhaps half, a dozen days In six months. To be de prived of the necessaries of life to meet these conditions becomes an out rage. Let me also add, on these three lota are some $1200 street assessments, and all inside lots at that. I, for one, rebel at it. and am only voicing the feelings of thousands of others... Give us a reasonable chanee to live is all we ask. We were brought here by fair tales of your city, invested our little sav ings of nearly a lifetime, and these burdens have" been farced upon us In a short time. Oladly would We give a good portion of this in order to clear the balance, but the excessive street improvements make it quite im possible to move any part ef it. Now, I am not a knocker -Iar from It. This i is my 'first plaint. None has been made audibly. Your city is beautiful in many ways an honor to every up right, moral aoul among us; but while reaching onward, and upward, take heed lest the very life of many be not needlessly sapped by the way; Liberal xeward offered for a solu tion to the problem that herein con- ironis us. . A BUSTED J3OUSEH0LDEB, Road Cost Per Mile. Eola, Or., Feb. 24. To the Editor of The journal In The Journal of Janu ary 23, there appeared an editorial In which it was stated that the estimated cost of present- Oregon roads was $24,000 per mile. Pray, who made auch an estimate, and where can such sta tistical 'estimate be secured? Acoordipg to estimates secured from the' office of State Highway Engineer Bowlby, there are about 36,000 miles of roads in Oregon. Taking the sum of $24,000 and multiplying it by 36,000 and the result Is the stupendous sura of $864,000,000. The principal of such a sum would provide a fund of $21,600,. 000 annually for 40 years; or It would provide a fund of $2,500,000 annually, the amount expended upon Oregon roads in 1910, for ever $45 years. Mr. Editor, did you intend to convey such an idea? GEORGE C. MITTY. It . is estimated that there have teen expended on the roads of. the state $18,000,000. Most , of this has been spent in construction and main tenance of aa estimated mileage of 750 miles out of an approximated total mileage ef 36.000. Based oh these figures the cost Per mile, on whet are called inaprovedroads, is $24,000. Alcohol as Medicine. Portland. Or.. Feb. 24. To the Ed itor Of The Journal. I noted a letter In The Journal a few aays ago By. j H. Sufford.5 Greatly appreciating the work of the W. O. T. U. along the lines of medical temperance, I cannot aJJow the letter to go unchallenged. . :4v. Sufford says 40,000 physicians, who answered that, Jbrwr's letter, wit one accord a4eiirti aAe&hSl 69 the medioin par- x$Uece. That freest? li a- 4'rAljs BUBibep f physi. c!ns to rvor th tiuer propositien: however. If sw t-fetir, dottbtrcsn they woold plMal to vis as - neUar gw3d nor ejn'?nln Ttoqnrless per pet o l1 drtnit either, wwret- ly r jptly. li.-" tst lp not ee pnyiicle.r3. s i is a gr ertr;h A FEW SMILES Among the quaint scrapbooke of the late Clyde Fitch, all of which are now to pe sold at auction, there was one devoted entirely to typographical errors. One of these errora appeared In a critl- oi em of Ellen Terry. The reviewer wrote, "Her lore of Portia made acting easy." The sentence. ap peared in the paper as "Her love of port made acting easy." "You're terribly severe In your reli gion, Donald. I suppose you think 'were U going to perdition, and no I body will be saved but you and your minister.". "I'm ' not ao sure o that." said Don ald, thoughtfully. "Ye ken, I whiles hae ma doots aboot the minister." "Libel, indeed!" Old Mlgge repeated the words to himself dully and unoomprehendlngly. as he tramped aloBg to the court, where he was to appear as witness in a local libel case. Nervously he en tered 'the witness box. The fierce looking lawyer eyed him cal culatingly. "Do you swear." he asked, "that this Is not your handwriting?" "I don't think so," stammered Miggs. "Now, be careful," insinuated the lawyer. "Are you prepared"-to swear that this handwriting does not re semble yours T "Yes," asserted Mlggs, trembling. "You take your oath that this does not In any way resemble your hand writing V solemnly queried the learned man. ' "Y-yes, sir," stammered the witness. now thoroughly frightened. "Well, then prove it!" denounced the lawyer, triumphantly, as he thrust his head toward the witness. This action woke the last spark of drooping courage In poor Miggs, and, thrusting forth his head, he yelled: " "Cos 1 can't write." Eager Toung Man (who has called on adored one) I can t wait any longer, aear. i reai ly had to phone. ,1V1H you marry me? reply) Why, yes, of course I will. But haven't you got the wrong num ber?" And he had. of the imagination to believe that 40 out of 200 physicians would assure a brewer that there was nothing diacov- erad In the realm of medicine that would equal alcohol (or cocaine, for that matter), because, strange to say, the army of inebriates in tie drug li very largely swelled by physician who use them. It Is not necessarily true that those who know better are not caught in the toils of these habits. Probably 40,000 out of 200,000 could make any statement the brewers might suggest. However, If facts are desired, the search for them is neither long nor difficult, as the leading physicians of the world are in harmony on the sub ject of the injury from alcohol used in sickness as a medicine; and, with one accord, our great medical authorities place prognosis in the diseased and injured as very grave if said injured or diseased are even moderate drink ers. ... Why not quote from the late Dr. J H. Musser, of Philadelphia, and thou sands of others? Dr. Musser writes as follows: "The physician should have emblazoned before him, 'If you can do no good, do no harm.' If this rule is adhered to, in 9'Jcases out of loo, the physicians will give no alco hoi. It does harm, rather than good." Another, Sir Victor Horsley. the ioremost nerve surgeon of England says, in brief: "The value of alcohol as a drug is, in my opinion, unquali- iieaiy nil." ADALINE KEENEY. M. D. Womanhood Insulted. Portland, Feb- 25. To the Editor of The Journal The billingsgate flung at the two men in charge of the recall is part of the political practices of the Oregonlan and to be expected by. who ever Incurs its animosity; but as a fair dealing public newspaper I request The Journal to give space to a -protest against tne terming of honest women- citizens, taxpayers, wives, mothers "street walkers." One of the most ac tive solicitors for signatures la widow, the mother of three young boys dependent upon her for support. Her taxes on her little home, her street as sessments and other obligations weigh upon her slender- resources heavily To call her a "street walker" is cowardly Insult that the editor of the Oregonlan dares not apply personally Another is a modest little woman with an :n valid mother to support. An other is the wife of a mechanic. Both are trying to pay for little homes in the country. Another is a young wo man trying to help out a family purse that has been well flattened eut these relent months by high taxes and mis fortunes. Others are volunteers among the most lespectable In tbe city, who are working for what they consider a good cause. Lambast the men that's politics but let honest women alone; ALFRED D. CRIDGE. Holding the Boy on the Farm. Carrollton, Wash.. Feb. 23. To the Editor of The Journal We hear and read much about th "back to the farm movement, or how to keep the boy on the', farm. Is the flow city ward due to the fascination of the city for our boys and irlsi or does the 'city extend greater advantages and oppor tunities? To the first and last let me say, no. I give our young people credit for ambition and not mere fas cinatlort to follow fancy or pleasure. It la when they see there Is ne posbI bllity of ambition being realized on the farm that the 'young man and woman begin to look elsewhere for action. Hew many young men who are in the city, striving. to wedge their way into the business worrc, would be on the farm if they had been given as fair treat- j ment us tne hired man 7 What compensation docs he receive Give him wages, better still, a partner ship, and he will be interested in the work. When father and on work In ueison then we will see results. Re suits that ?lli be gratifying to the hoy and a rriae to the parent. If every hoy that takes a cours In agriqulVJ-re at the wUeea wag eniy drawn back to the farm by his inter et there, we would nve trie eolith an.l farm Unit 4 together as ftv t fere.- if tbo fctts4er.t kr.fwt a . vm Sfoine back to the farm to aipiy th prrflplea and knowiM ot Me work. i 1 1 . PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGS Th report that Miss Wilson was SenfedT married la "officially" e Another big fine Job 4one by tbia congress and administration; passage bfu. Chamberiela Alaska, rUrd ,,Soon now Alaska will develop rap Idly and rlghUy. and that will aid coast. PmwU f Ul whole Pacific e a Everybody else knew all along that Mrs. Bond was ailly for auing Senator Gore; possibly ahe now realises this fact herself. . a a " .vPJ elna11 town merchanta thought that the parcels poat was going to In jure their buslnaaa. but are discov ering that they were miataken. Express companies have' abandoned tneir attemnt tn inu... ...... they are far in).n.tij.nt . n.i overbearing than they were awhile If it takes aa Inn. ..ol. !..-! , the auditorium aa it haa taken to ae- mZWA? Jr.?" lQer WU1 De many thou sands Of funeral in nun Ke. i t flnl.k.J " " " " a a One Seattla MnHM.u ... the primaries SDent over lunna in hi campaign, and then came nowhere near getting the nomination proof of a -LI was not in Kllkllrh.nn nnv even in Minneaota, that an editor froae i a. snowanrt near his house, out in a nlac rnilH ""6 uwno, . X. e PrObablV no Other nutn. pan r.n. gratulate Senator fin standingly and sympathetically than i or J-". who had a somewhat raur experience wmie mayor. THE REINDEER From The Independent. j "Porterhouse steak will be sold at $1 a pound within the next ten years unless the ' farmers of the United States are educated at once to the nec essity of raising more cattle and po tatoes. This was predicted recently by the president of the American Meat Packers' association. Today prices are so nigh that good beef has already been placed beyond the reach of the many. The official statisticians tell us that the number of cattle in Amer ica has been decreasing as steadily as the population haa been Increasing. that our herds today contain only two thirds as many beeves as they did six years ago, and that it ia a forlorn hope to look to importation, since the Argentine herds also are diminishing and in fact the whole world's visible supply Is inadequate to the demand. But gloomy as this outlook is, there is yet a chance that enforced vege tarianism in America may - be fore stalled by the adoption of a remedy now proposed by Mr. Robert Laird Borden, Premier of Canada. The remedy la the reindeer. After thorough Investigation Mr. Borden is convinced that the two million and some odd square miles of unused pas ture land in the far North, which area, aince it la covered with mow most of the year, will not sustain any other ruminant, will support herda of reindeer approximately equal In num bers to all the cattle in the United Statea today. It Is estimated that tho region north of the Reindeer moun-H tains, containing two million square miles of pasture bearing reindeer moss, would furnish sustenance for fifty million reindeer. The reindeer moss pastures of Alaska, at a conserv ative estimate, would support an addi tional ten million. Most of the Siberian nomads' live by reindeer alone. Some tribes make pack animals their specialty, some breed for fineness of fur, some for the meat and bide. The Laplander, as is well know11, haa modified the reindeer Into-a dairy animal, and reln- dev jrollk, butter and cheese are mar ket-staples in northernmost , Europe. When so much has been done with the domesticated reindeer, which has By John M. Oakison. In an interesting letter from a read er, I am asked to answer thisi "In case a bank borrows a large sum of money to put up a building ot its own on a . prominent city corner, where land is expensive, and uses tbe credit which comes from its volume of deposits to secure the loan, why does not the building belong to the de positors rather than to the stockhold ers?" Of late years, that thought. In some form must have troubled a great many depositors. It has come to be an actual craze among the banks to house themselves in exceedingly expensive quarters. Many have built wonderful structures for their exclusive use; and others have erected huge office build ings, to be partially occupied by the banks and rented for Income. And, of course, such investments must In crease the amount which the bank must earn by using the money of de positors in order to keep It solvent. But my correspondent is confused as to the relative status of a bank's de positors and Its stockholders. He must remember that: The depositor's sole Interest in the bank Is in it as a custodian of his money. .So long as the bank is pre pared to carry out Its agreement with him to pay interest on his time de then efficiency would be the slogan. Once back to tbe farm, the boy with his enthusiasm and training and the father with his years of experience working together are a pair to be en vied by every father, and son that have drifted apart. E. S. Mr. Thompson Replies to "Hopgrower." Portland. Or., Feb. 23. To the Editor of The JournaU-ln your Issue of Feb ruary 19. I see I have been singled out by "A Hopgrower" of Independence, Or., for an attack upon my. position on the saloon question, and I feel it only Juat that I should defend that position. "A Hopgrower." who. by the way. is a woman, comparea buying automo biles, fine clothes ad other luxuries with buying booseT I will admit they ail take money, but the fellow who buys drink to excess is soon incapaci tated for work and cannot-earn a dol lar, while on the other hand one can continue to earn a livelihood. sAs for the slave to drink. h Is probably beyond redemption, b-jt vln about the boys and girls? If thcr are no saloons, then . temptation Is leened far the younge generation. a parent, who wHl Y0t for the saloon ia Inviting destruction to hie own house As for jhe hopyards furnishing o fiinch esioym-r.t,; t fiu to j't h.ew nat'h a P?9?1 Uvt.ng 1 pvopie tmj rve frw , varv U'-tit a lrjrt ri?nBr at wii ecacr make tw;e that ajr.unt Jr a year Mm for Vta. -Hijpiwwer's'; triy'itv- DEPOSITORS AND STOCKHOLDERS AND NEWS; IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS A new and Improved fire alarm sra- tera has Just been Installed at Hills boro. The poultry show held at Baker last month paid aU its expensea and $8 ides. flaTAvlr as sst Wst jaAVWicnaenssW-t -in t-Vi sk hnildin for th creamery to be estab- ' Uahed at Toledo ou a cooperative basis. ; - 1 Bandon'a city council has appropri ated 1 60 a month for the public li brary, for tbe four months beginning witn Marcn, .. s - A "busineaa men's candidate" for Fr acco-rdrng to" A'e Northwester which aavs C.TL Underwood is men. i tioned sls . tne canaidate. 'Since the' announcement of the in tention of the police Jo strictly en force the law against speeeding there haa been a decided falling off. the Mall Tribune aays. In reckless driving of autos and motorcycles at Medford. Marion county's roads were never in condition so bad as now, according to the Salem Statesman's conclusion based on the reports of rural mall car riers and others who are obliged to use tbe highways. Report of a silver thaw, in Shaniko Star or February zo Fog collecting and freezing on the, wires this week , fiut tne leiepnone eervice out or Shan-; ko completely out of business. All iinea were aown 'ana on me line to ward Bakeoven 'about 75 poles were broken off." "An efficient telegraph line from Eu gene to Florence and Marshfield along the Willamette' Pacific is one of the promises of the near future, the Eu gene Guard reports. The Sluslaw coun try never has hadj a telegraph line and the line now beinir operated to Marsh field by way of Roaeburg does not al waya give good service. REVOLUTION never yet had the advantage of sci entific breeding at the hands of a highly civilized white raoe. it is not surprising that Canada's premier sees large possibilities In the plan. Fifty-thousand -thrifty reindeer are already grazing on Alaskan wilder ness pastures as contentedly as If their ancestral home had been there. They are, however, the quite recent descendants of some fifteen or twenty animals that were Imported from Si beria about 20 years ago, by way of experiment. It waa a good day for the north when the fathers of the flock first landed. Never has any ani mal done more, for man or more re markably accomplished a country's material salvation. tne native peoples of the Alaskan ! employment la. The cup of coffee coast country were in a bad way be- and the doughnut (are essential to fore their animal benefactors came to j the affairs of-life.' j help them, and were eking out a very The trouble with lr. -How and eta poor existence. There was nothing, in ; fellow hoboes 'is that hon of thein the way of permanent Industry to j cares anything for irayers, and they keep them profitably busy, and the - care nothing for th,ej trouble of earn food supply was very often danger- ing the doughnut aitil the oup of cqf eusly near the vanUhing- point. Dr. I fee. If th. doughnut and the eup of Sheldon Jackson, a missionary work-! eeffee were provided for all ' men ing amanf them, conceived the Idea of i and aU women anii all children. o Importing from Siberia a few bead of. that they could be fed without an reindey. which were giving the peo- effort, the world would be far-worse pie of that country, under similar nat ural conditions, both work and food. Shortly afterward the United. States government took up the experiment, and. new all the reindeer- herds in Alaska are under government control. They are let out on favorable terras to the native herdera, and already the profits have been 30d per cent on the original investment. There ia no fear of starvation in Alaska now, as once there . was, for the reindeer gives an unfailing aupply ar, meat ana mu. its sain makes a warm and serviceable clothing. And the responsibility of taking care uf At present the people whiv work in the herds has. developed the natives stead, of spending tljeir time In ldle frpm rather shiftless hunters anJ nes and who rcetn4in their pasnlons trappers into men of regular and and arpetltes have po trouble In s thrlfty habits.. . i curing doughnuts artd coffee, but u It is said that the flesh of the rein- iong aa tnc wGrld Ut the people who deer is nourishing and palatable, that think only of their qwn appetites and ita quality could be Improved with : their own comforta iwill have to get proper condltlona ef handling. andtnell. doughnuts ami their coffee at that its alight "gamy" flavor could be tha back door of thje people who do eliminated. . the rea, ori, Qf the world. posits, to pay interest on his daily sense of his own responsibility and balances (If his account -be large), and to realization of his duties to nim to return his money to him at the i t i neighbors and to humanity, moment he has a right to demand it ' . might become a useful member of he Is not In a position to say how the' t'11 society which ;he iprofeseee to stockholders, through the directors and despise, and so be better; able to give officers whom they choose to run the ! g& advice to his useless and Inef business of the bank, nhall handle hl . ficient followers. money. For the protection- of depositors the United States has a rigid system of in spections, and every state has a well' " b - - . . -. - j protects depositors In banks organized ; under state laws. There rests upon! the depositor no responsibility as to the conduct of the bank, and he la at perfect liberty to withdraw his de posits from any bank which he be lieves is not using his money in the right way. Because the stockholders are re sponsible for the handling of -the bank's money (and because they would suffer heavy loss through unwise handling of it), they must get whatever profit comes from the new building. It would be only In a cooperative baffcrawhere every depositor becomes a stockholder (such, in effect, -are the building and loan associations), that any other the ory would hold. Always, the depositor who doesn't like to see banks tie up a lot of money in expenaive buildings can switch to another bank. tlon to earn enough money In the hop yard to pay my "grocer the proper profit," 1 wish to say I would be wast ing my time, es I earn more every day of tbe year than can be earned in a hopyard. and besidea, the money I have earned waa not tainted to any extent by the fact that it was taken across tbe bar to pay- me. E. B. THOMPSON. Object to School Tax. Notl, Or., -Feb. 21. To the Editor of.- Said I thn; "The vice of knocking The Journal-There appeared in The U?U?1!&-. U1""" " -r " amcje on; school elections, in which you advo-1 cated giving the right to vote a tax ' to these who pay no tax. I regret very much my inability to kick thia propo sition to the extent It merits. A man of some prominence not long ago said eharacter stood ahead of Intelligence. Another stated that what the world needed most was Justice. Now you wish to take another twist on the i thumb screws of the already tyrannical ( and unjust 8chKl laws of Oregon. . Why not furnish free shoes or free' oread as writ as fre education? The free bread, with the l ih coat of llv-j ing, would not coat so, much as tne sohpoi di nqw- Yea, Ireep up yourj system rtbber7 while longer.! ThAe ni.iy ooh a time w.yn you Will ' We tinna-ia; U find enough aeeaa , te . pi'ick; win"M the wealth of toe ct.ate liW ria.nd out of the hands ef prt- vat ni ff t!tto fine brfuvlrioiues, g&jj rtHidk. vu n.cUlieti, eta; whin n:i jd'.ti.n'ist l be ee provaier.t tkr. uo wie will wtrrk. '-. . U- COHHMH IN EARLIER DAYS By Fred Xocldey, "In the spring ef'!l88S my father. Captain Jamea Blakeley. and myself gathered a bunch of cattle together and drove them up to Birch Creek in Umatilla county," said Wm. M. Blake ly Of Pendleton. "My father returned to Browneville while I stayed with tbe .cattle, i wintered lust above what is now Pilot Rock, on What la now known aa the Cabel Place;-at the bead of Jtt(.SL SI Ian V,n Wa4 m hm n m. - w came up and we feu rid a buyer for our cattle, a man named James McHargue. We sold the whole band to him at $30 a head. When it came time-to pay for them McHarcua Iri ' Vtsm Host T.A rnnnaV until he had bV ?f Z'VJL 1 i1'.? ?Mn PrA McHru. tug. gested that father take half f- the cattle up to the Kootenai- mines to British Columbia, while he took the other half to the mldea in Idaho. "Father aold the cattle he took up to Kootenai at 390: a h hls pay for the entire herd out of the money he had received for half of th nera and turned the balance over to McHargue. j . "I didn't go. up with the cattle, as I was pretty homesick or, to be per fectly frank, I guesa you would call It lovesick. I had left a girl dawn- at Rrnnlll. , K , T I , ' I. ..",: l v "oc- r name waa Margaret Mairo. ioi m inai gin. in race, ' I do yet, aa I have been married to her for 50 years. We were married in Auguat, 1864. j "In 186$ I moved", back to eastern Oregon, where I took up a ranch on the Wild Horse neac Pendleton. I still own this 800 acre ranch and It la ao counted one of the bi.-at wheat ranches in Umatilla county. While JJjave ac quired considerable property In East ern Oregon, I have acquired something that I think a good deal more of than my property, and that ia rive children, five grandchildren ! and one great grandchild. The people of Umatilla county have been pretty food to me. They elected me sbtrtff and twice they have sent me tp the legislature." Rubbish About HoboesT " ' From the Montgomery (Ala.), Ad-, vertiaer. James Eada Howj a wealthy ' resi dent of St. Louis, jand who Inherit ed is wealth, had an Interesting and no altogether useless nobby . ths apologetic advertlalljig of the Ameri can tramp. Mr. II w la pleased to be called "the millionaire tramp." At a recent meeting in St, Louie "the millionaire tramp" gave utter ance to the , following sentiment; "We need the doughnut and the cup of coffee more than we need prayers. Society is iverv self-reanact. inc. but socletv is not a nrMltv anl off thau it ia today. Again, if .the heavens rained doughnut and coffc,r a considerable portion of Mr How's following, the professional hoboes would object to the -.labor and troubl-.' ! of picking up the! doughnuts and i gathering up the coifee. Tiiey would ! insiat on somebody elxe aaaumini; , that responsibility ah.l of corvlnir the coffee and the doify;hnuta - to them. Again, a considerable number of the associates of Mr. Ilpw would believe that sodfty ought t,o furnish dough- i nuts to tliem because they have been railing ut .-iv ' Mr. How docs not think much of ' prayer, because he. iaa not tried it. I Perhaps, too. If "the 'millionaire hobo" knew how prayer Inspired man to a Pointed Paragraphs ine-iruill win uvs " J or ou stretch it f The complexion that is honest la the one that won't come' off. :- - Every man haa his price, but some men give themselves taway. . A man haa no uae "for " a woman who feds sorry for hi a wife, The Ragtime Muse Whom Uio Cap Fits "Go and wrestle with: our brother," The committee said to me; "Show-hlm this, that; and the other Of his sins and faults and see. Without saying that he has 'era. If he will not take the blame . And so draw back frm the chasm Yawning now his seul to claim!" t- .' So to htm I railed f drinking. Railed with sighs and direful groans, Till he said: "Now.: i am thinking. That' you meaa our neighbor, Jones; Yes, he surely ought to- quit it." Here I switched, and liee abueed; He suid: "Hmith'a vice! You have hit He can aoarcely be excused' Then I said: "One nhould not covet Said the sinner: "That is Brown: Money! How that mini tlovs love it. I MO "---..,. Brother, why don t you nerormr' The-Sunday Journal Consisting of Comprehensive news reports. ! Weekly reviews from many fields. i Varied features Iniitingly- pre sented. Department - for woman aad the lwme, As attractive- Iiaga7lnt . . Tb fat htvitM om tpafter. 5 Cents thb Copy it-. :v -