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I am In this earthly world;
where to do harm,
Is often laudable; to do good,
sometime.
Accounted dangerons folly.
Shakespeare.
tjpe from undertaking theT There ' should : be closer sympathy , evidenced by the extraordinary tep-!
of reforming New York's po-1 between the government ana dubi- isoae tnat for fifteen years the
thals
task
lice and keeping them reformed
Senator Root in a letter to the
mayor endorses his demand for a
change, saying that "the policy of
ness. . -
That is what the president pro
poses to bring abont, which ex
plains the New York bank's predic-
permanencyj has not succeeded." tion that "the outcome, no doubt,
He Bays even honest "policemen will be the development of a safe
have shielded the dishonest, and , and sane , program touching' mat- appreciation as to - the extent his
be urges return to the policy outers of broad economic interest, ; interests are affected by transpor-
tenure of of nee depending upon - the Issues Involved being or im- ( wuoq.
transportation tax . collected from
the people by the railroads alone
exceeded the total receipts of the
United States government by $J6,-
711,000,000. The figures ought
to - give 'the average citizen1, some
a
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A FEfo SMILES
the judgment and will of the des S portance to all classes of citizens."
partment head. . i
NewiYork is much impressed byj
Senator; Root's dl.cussion of the
police problem. Many thinking
people in that city agree with him
that permanency in office has not
T
XIFT THE CURSE
HERE have been more arrests
for selling cigarettes to Port-
Old Gotrox (savagely) So you (want
to marry my dhugh-
do . you 71 Do
one?
Young
(slightly
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMAIX CHAXCsB
ter.
you think two can I attractive tool now.
live as cneapiy as i .
Isn t Lones In Portland?
S ot 1 1 y I nearly every omer pia.ee.
The spade should be an inviting and
He la In
erabar-
,1
-Pufck.
"They tell me that plays are
The average citizen helps pay
these great freight bills. He
doesn't realize it because he : is
paying them indirectly, but he pays
them just the same,
fact that the total receiDta of the '
land boys in the past few railroads of the United States for I cop a joke, i tell
days than in months before, 1 a single vear lack- onlv fiv mil- 11 around and it
any difference.
id,, IL IB a. I ..If , .. ta. tiliWrl4ll
1 tvaln Ket aVA-tnavtlvHMe mil art m am
rassed) I hardly of carranaa appears in print.
UUDK you wiu ntriiuo i - i
sir. I If it hasn't been spring lately, it nas
Deen a dose lmiuauon oi spring.
DUUl I down." Some adults are wren tally af
flicted similarly.
Ill GILL'S ELECTION
i
HE election of Hi Gill to the
mayoralty ot Seattle is not
a vindiedtion of the man but
a vindication of a principle.
The man is changed. The prin-
J ciple is the same that it was when
"in its former vindication Mr. Gill
,i. n a aaai(a1 n ft fir uorvlnfT nnlv ft
year as mayor of Seattle.
At that time, Mr. Gill was run-
nlng Seattle as an open town. He
"had been elected on an open-town
Mssne. in the interim between' hia
election and recall, the women of
Seattle were given the ballot, and
the recall of Mayor Gill was their
'recall. It was the protest of wo-
'men against an open town.
Mr. GUI is now elected because
he has changed 'rom an open-town
(platform to a platform of strict
'enforcement of all laws. Behind
'L'.m in the election w-e mast of
the people. who helped to recall
'him, including the women. They
iwere his supporters, not because
' of HI Gill but because of the
'wholeHome promises of his plat
i fornrf because of the eternal prin
ciple of human cleanliness as con
trasted with the dissolute condi
tions of a scarlet city.
The swing of the pendulum in
;thi instance Is of striking por-1
'tent. Gill's majority is 14,000.1
Jit was never more than 3000 be
fore. ' Though the secret manner
of the opposing candidate's nomi
, ''nation helped Gill, the emphasis of
Gill's majority is the emphasis of
Seattle voters for decency. It is
a formidable declaration to the
effect that the fDrmer despised
open-town candidate is heartily ac
ceptable when he is a penitent and
purged law-enforcement candidate
The verdict thus analyzed is
-? highly creditable to Seattle. It
pieces out a scrap of history that
makes a splendid showing 'of their
-use of the ballot by the women of
Seattle. r
maforlallv oHrtft oftif iencv The ;
point is made that when Colonel Every day, numbers of , cases are
Goethals looked over the situation . poneu " w mnmem.
he made the condition of accept-1 Why the activity? Why were
ance that he, would assume respon-1 the arrests not made before? Tbe
sihilifv and to ii fit. thprpfor have i new warfare on cigarettes is the
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full responsibility placed upon him. ! answer. The . club women, the j vital to the protection of the av- ! of it, and then, it's
It dees not mean that there is a I Juvenile' court' and allied forces erage man for every force to be j a play."
i . !., ... , . . . ore mnlfinsr fTltlm(nt. for enforce-I n nrHof fnr a Inct rsimlaHnn: r,t ' i
tenaency a me pudiic mma Daca - . , - j""w i Th -ns v,a iftne nrotiraete-J I ."r" . JV.
u .L ment of the law. They are demon- rates Thus, while the railwav .d!en.ion?.-F.ro.L?c:. rigbt to reject him.
i.yj tuc uiu eoLviu vi lavuutioiu auu , t t-ja.nu was gumg; nuiie too wen lyr tuc
lions of dollars equalling the dialogue. 6f it!
combined., revenues of eight of the Then i add ai char
principal nations of Europe. acter and it becomes
Since we are paying these gi-' a, vaudeville sketch.
gantic sums to the railways how " m!k"i t8h"" KftX
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
political pujl In appointments to j strating what can be done for
Children and adults, too. could in
terest themselves In many worse things
than spelling "bees.
The tendency Is toward more and
more government, and government is
ever an expensive thing.
It la a dismal, chilly night when
Governor West doesn't hatch out some
i diabolical political "plot" it you be
lieve the Oregonian.
When a man commits suicide be
cause a alrl has refused to marry him.
she can be very sure that she did
Condon' people are urged by the
Globe to establish a free public library,
and do It themselves by means of a
email tax.
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The NewsRBserts that in and about
Falls City there is a decided improve,
ment in the business outlook as com
pared with the few years just past.
Jackson countv'a contribution to the
1914 motor vehicle tax was $2500. and
the road fund is richer by lll.t 7 as
the county's share of the return fund.
e
Elks of Klamath Falls oroDOse to
go to San Francisco fairby stage and
on horseback, and T. F. Darcy, an old
Danamaater, wants to organize a
mounted band as a feature of the
cavalcade.
a successful baseball season, a suc
cessful Fourth of July celebration and
a succession Baker county rair, are
events as to which the Herald admon
ishes the people of Baker -to do their
planning and financing early.
receipts were $2,875,689,520, the defendant. His counsel, therefor, had
office it is fiviripnro -athpr that ' eliminating cigarette smoking by receipts for waterway transports
men in authority are being held! bovs when there Is effort to do so. j tjon totaled only $550,000,000, the !
1 r M - 1 1 1 A. n.,.1 4a ' 1.11 ; . A , 1 I .
personally accountable bv the neo-; 11 ail W1U uugm wumu jum ; latter amouui mciuumg coastwise
pie and that the neoDle want men ln a determination to lift this curse j trade by ocean and vessels on the
ureat lakes. -
In the light of these colossal
totals, with the railways dominat
ing the transportation world, can
the American Congress afford to
give the railroads further power by
abandoning the policy of free tolls
at Panama?
Is it Great Britain or American
railways that most desire free
tolls abandoned?
wl.o can be j trusted both as to ef
ficiency and! honesty.
- There is I much opposition to
Mayor Mitcel's bills. . The trou
ble with his! program is that there
is only one Colonel Goethals.
VOIl ONLY SIX BITS
from boyhood, there would be lit
erally nothing but complete suc
cess in the sequel. .
It should be done. The cigar
ette is the blight of the boy. Dr.
Clinton, physician to several . boys'
schools in San Francisco, said:
A . good deal has been said about
the evils of cigarette smoking, but
one half the truth- has never been
told.-. It first blunts the whole iporal
nature. It has an appalling' effect
upon the physical system as well.
It first stimulates and then stupe
fies the nerves. It sends boys into'
consumption. It gives them enlarge
ment of the heart, and sends them to
the 'Insane asylum. I am often called
in to prescribe for boys for palpi
tation of the heart. In about nine
cases out of ten, it is caused by the
cigarette habit. I have seen bright
He I boys turned into dunces and straight-
I iurwaro, nonest Doys maae into mis-
AMONG Ihe gentlemen who say
they are going to plunge
Portland into a costly refer
endum; election over meters
is J. W. Conway.
He is chairman of the commit
tee. He is a bookkeeper in the
forest service. He has a flat water
rate of 75 cents a month count
it 75 cents per.
G. W. Gordon is secretary.
v,,,i, j, . . iuiwH.ru, uonesi ooys maae into mis-
is a building contractor, and pays crabie cowds by cfearette smoking.
x am Teiuxig- wnat neany every pny-
I tM
mm
recourse to bullying
methods.
One of the plaln-
tifrs witnesses, a
Any lawyer, for a fee. can find nu
merous reasons why the Income tax
law la unconstitutional, but none oil
them are good reasons.
I :
j Letters From the People
sician and nearly every teacher knows,
An eminent specialist says that
the boy who begins smoking under
ten is almost certain to drink whls-
95 cents to $2.05 a month for!
water. 1 j
P. W. Goldapp' is another mem- j
ber of the referendum committee, j
K i is not a naturalized citizen. !
His water costs him 90 cents on j key at 14, take to morphine at
a flat rate.! Another member ofi25 and wind up with cocaine and
the committee is G. A. Vogt. He ; the rest of the narcotics at 30 and
is a bookkeeper. He has a meter ! later on.
and UKiiallv: nnva 7 n tn SFi ronta '- .
pr month. '
William Deveny Is a corn doc
tor and for his water, pays a flat
A FIRST ALASKAN STEAMER
(Oommantcarfona sent to The- Jonraal for
pcbllcatlon In this department abonld be writ
tea on only one aide of tbe paper, should not
exceed 800 words ln length and mutt be . ac
companied by the name and addreaa ot tbe
ender. It the writer toes not desire to
bare tbe name published, be ahould so state.)
"Discussion la the greatest ot all ' reform
ers. It rationailsea everything It tonchea. It
robs prlnclplea of all falsa sanctity land
throws tbem back on their reasonableness. It
they have no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crashes tbem oat of existence a Ed vets np Its
own- conclusion In their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Mention is made of an extremely
notorious old; Jail-1 stand pat Republican who says he !s
hird had lust left I aroing to retire from politics. He
the box. his place be- ureiy wui; or wiu d6 retired.
ing tanen ny n oiu troubl(, deallnar with offenses
plasterer. I on(i crimes aeainst foreigners In Mex-
"Have your ever i ico is that nobody is officially respon-
been in prison?" asked the barrister, sibie; politically ana aipiomaticaiiy
"Yes.-sir." replied tne witness iiio airuW
twice."
Ah! And for how long, may askT'
"First time for an afternoonj. Sec
ond time for about an hour. You ser.
sir," continued the witness, taking ad
vantage of the barrister" confusion.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
WilHarh A. Dill, for several years
with the Eugene Register, having be
come interested with the Springfield
Nsws has now been elected editor of
the News. His predecessor Clark P.
Howard, goes to the Springfield Times
as editor.
Fossil's business men have organised
a Commercial club. Officers are: Pres.
idtnt, Fred Edwards; vice president,
Jess M. Shelley; secretary, John Stew
art; treasurer, O. Parker. The object
of the club Is "to exploit and develop
the county of Wheeler, and every good
citizen in the county is eligible to
join," the Journal says.
COMMENT ON CONGRESS
rate of 75 cents a month. He was
active in the plan to build a road
through Bull Run reserve, the
source of Portland's water supply.
Such are tbe figures for which
the refereridumites are going to
bring on a costly special election.
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The Meter la the Thing, i
Portland, March 4. To the Editor of
The Journal In following your edito
rials and other articles for metering
the municipal water system, I join the
many who believe you have given to the
consumers of city water the most val
uable service they will receive in this
line for many years. As the meter
sailing this afternoon of the , mission vote, we believe that, without
initial steamer in the New J your influence the present ancient, ! East Ankeny ftna Laurelhurst cars go-
fortiana-Aiaska line, comes """"u ""a uujusi meinoa now in ing over Grand avenue their oonnec
IMULTANEOUSLY with the
Mark Sullivan In Collier's Weekly.
To an observer at Washington who
"I was sent to -orison to whitewash a I takes a leisurely look at the past and
cell for a lawyer who had beeji robbing j tries to guess the future the fact that
his clients. i ! I proDaoiy is most worm insisuug upua
I is that , congress and the government
She found her dearest girl chum In I are clean. Five years ago. In the
tears. ! I lower house. Cannon and his little ring
The situation was unexpected, belnc were completely In power, in the Ben
rather common and 1 ate Aldrtcn was supreme ana was jusi
vniiar. But the Da- I beginning to make that tariff of whlcn
trie 1 an girl was many scneauies were wruien oy m
ympathetio enough employes or me corporations wiucn
tn iMintm inn I Deneiliea oy mem. ne "Jimmr w
.iri irnfcht dal was Just commencing. Special ln-
"Why dearj what terests were In the saddle and the
on earth is the mat- owners of privileges had the ear of
f. i the men In power. The beginning of
1 ... M i 1 I X t AnMA 1 . V.
Men arei a,lllno IHi 01 tnl" um reuu vows
5)
liars!" sobbed the broken-hearted one.
the Insurgent uprising, led by Mur-
"Oh. don't say that!" protested tne "lXZZXr
" .. ! TUII.nr.'. nnhHt Hf.ni in the. lobhv.
other, ghat's too broaa a general- June; reaulted ln a housecleaning.
Zation.' I I All thn reason has cone for that atti-
Well. I suppose there are I some t tha r.ik nf tha
good, honest renows wno aro "-v. THt.lrl comment of from three to six
su me reany mco mcu &. v r ...
news of the evidences of an as
sured rush of people into the
North. A Washington news dis
patch says:
Seventv-five I cents fnr Pnnwav 9(1 1 . tne rusn to AlasKa has already set
, " ,, . ' ' . ; in. Although the Chamberlain
rail-
use would have remained, a detriment
to the many to benefit the few. Aside
from this, your discussion has been a
valuable education on this subject.
In all the history of this subject
there is not an Instance or case that
would not condemn the flat rate for a
city of this class, and commend the
meter as the best means of distribu-
CHINESE FINANCES
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cents for Goldapp, and 75 cents j ro"ad bill is not due to be signed for!
flat rato fnr Fidvon v a four Houe onri v. o-v. i nriii i !
A provident city' puts in their Probably, at least, two years before j Vaeve'ry watVysWmisto
himoK monriioin votov a railroad is in operation, many per-!01 neany every water system is to
homes mountain ater, cold and . BOns ln tne East actuated bv the spiri t . conserve the supply, and some cjUes
crystal, respjonsive to their touch, of "Forty-niners," are planning to have succeeded in getting the waste
HINA'S financial statement
for 1913 shows that the new
republic's revenues are in a
remarkably flourishing con
dition. In spite of the revolution
' and serious problems incident to
a period of reconstruction, cus
toms receipts were greater than
ever before, amounting to approxi
mately $55,000,000, Mexican.
; From this amount payments
were made on all loans secured by
the customs, and the Boxer in
demnity Installment for 913 was
discharged. A number of prov
inces promised to resum contri
butions to the central government,
and there were other evidences of
growing financial stability.
A few months ago China was ap
parently 1 traveling toward bank
ruptcy. A revolution had devas
tated the land and heavy obliga
tions were falling due. Trade was
at a standstill; confidence was
shattered. It is said' that even
now $80,000,000, Mexican, of Chi
nese money is deposited with for
eign bankers, at ne interest, fof
greater security.
The money laft China during
the time of internal disturbances,
but it will flow back Into home
channels. All the principal Chi-
nese ports showed an increase In
foreign trade. There is increasing
. security within the , republic, and
thd world is beginning to realize
that even China is proving that
patriotism, intelligently directed,
can make a remarkable record of
success.
In spite of a number of occur-
. rences which appeared to run coun
ter to the principles -of a republic,
China is forging ahlftd. Progress
there Is a tremendous problem, and
. Because or us airncuities even
small accomplishments have very
large significance.
1 S P i 2 J V f i a. m t
me-givjHg auu aeugntiui, at to
to 90 cents per.
It is a city's tender care and
gentle solicitude tor its citizens,
and how strange that able bodied
men should be making so much
noise over a thing that costs but
six bits!
Incidentally, not a cent will be
added to the general cost of water
emigrate to the territory, anticipating ! d0WI to 3 per cent of the water they
great opportunities and splendid open
ings. Delegate Wickersham, Senator
Chamberlain and others are deluged
with requests for information about
Alaska and its possibilities.
The day the government deter
mined to build railroads in Alaska
At the pre&ent time there
is practically no criticism to be made
. , Tinrnalri.-1 of the improper affiliations or alii-
bridge? Mwdjurtu. or rather ance. of public men with special inter-
viiuso. wi .vuu. j. I Almost Tin r-THMoIam OJn ha niAtl
so that way. a very smaii percent- r. .rrr:" "
would transfer south on iGrand m f ' 'r ml " T
... .. .w D,,o,ii.Shovr unravoraDie criticism as can oe ai-
avenuo, uui mm T . .kll m.T. now mufit h
based for the most part on low efflr
K. H S I ciency, or mi iaca ui niern luicuiscmiB,
Or a VOV 1 U LtSIlBC psi UBHIIBailf. Alio 1U
tention to do what is right Is prac
tically universal; current discussion
arises chiefly out of honest dlffer-
It
tions would be good.
United States.
receive. Such results can only be at
tained by a metered system, while ln
the . flat rate system there are esti
mates of waste as high as 60 per cent
of the water received.
The next Important Item Is ; the
equal distribution of cost to the con- I of his other name at present, but nc
sumers, which can be effected only by j was watchman for Captain Ankeny
when he built the market block and
Xauchton and Norton.!
Newberg, Or., March S. To the Edl
tor of The Journal I agree with what I ences of opinion as to what Is best.
Attorney Logan says In Sunday's Jour- is worth while for any person to spend
naL I was acquainted with! Dan an hour reflecting upon the political
NauJon. in 18?0 or 1871. He kept revolution that hae occurred In the
a boarding house, but when he built
a brick hotel, it was called the Norton
hotel. I suppose when a mj gets
rich It Is too much trouble to wtite so
long a name, and he was a poori scribe
anyway. Dan Naughton was a! native
of Ballinasloe. County Galway, Ireland.
I was a boy when I got acquainted
with some of the Naughtons at a horse
The next most important feature to
be recorded by an observer of the
present era Is the political exalting of
President Wilson. At the end or one
vear of his administration he has al
most no detractor. So crystallised is
the common good opinion of him that
It would be difficult to conceive a time
- : .hinlr 1 wnen mo cuuii try biiuuiu wwd i
race In Ireland. BUI I can t think aUh Jn 1jfty purUy of nlg ,nten.
For example, the chief Items of his
first year's legislative program are the
passage of the tariff and the passage
of the currency bill. As to both these
measures, the country had been thor
oughly educated by three to five years
of agitation and discussion. Bo far
Mr. Wilson has been profiting by the
work of other radicals. From now on
he will find himself ln a field where he
Is pioneering, a field in which there is
a sharp division of opinion among per
sons of equal good Intentions. For the
tariff and currency bill the demand
was almost unanimous. In the meas
urea he la now taking up. President
Wilson wlU not be backed by any such
unanimity of publio opinion. There
will be universal admission that Wll
son means to do right, but there will
be sharp resistance to his program on
the part of persons who believe that
his suggestions are not the best for
the purpose.
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NEW YORK'S POLICE
1 AYOR MrTCHEL Of New
York is asking the leglsla
- ture to radically change the
laws regulating service in
the police department. He wishes
to abolish .the policeman's present
Becurlty in his Job and to enlarge
the disciplinary power , of the head
i of the force.
- wnen .voionei uoetnais was
asked to become" New . York's po
lice commissioner he replied that
he would not consider the propo-
sitjioa uples8x.be was i 'given - abso
lute-control of the men under him
Hi3 reply, was, in. effect, an srtfack
, upon the civil service system as
" applied to the police ! department
, and Mayor Mitchel's effort to se-
cure new legislation is backed bv
a desire to remove legal obstacles
which prevent' a man of the Goe-
the swift development of the ter- i tne use of meters. There are many cities
ritory became assured. Transpor- that U1?der, th fl" r,ate "V1 ke,eP
. ., . . x, 4 " an army of men chasing over the city
tation was a first essential to this to trv to nrovt of vi v
by meters, p The cost will be re- I development, just as transporta-! consumers, the cost of which would j Ve used to talk over old times whea
duced. Not a cent will be added to
any man's taxes by meters.
It is the proposed referendum
election that will make a big bill
for taxpayers to foot.
THE ANTI-TRUST BILLS
B
married an O'Shay) who is now dead,
was from the same place, Ballilaasloa,
and boarded with Naughton, or Norton.
world, and you will find this thing
to be true that the largest cities,
the densest population, the great
est development of industry are
1 in hf ffmnrl in thnaa Yn erf rn -n. Vi J rt V.
U5INESS is acquiring full i are most abundantly supplied with
confidence in President Wil-; transportation f acilitles, and espe
boub constructive states- j clally witn waterways.
TnanshTn. Kin Intpffritv has
r . -s-j-v r v ino vAVArnmanf r.tArvnTv
questioned, but nowu,,, thQ rumkori,in mh
T n atkraCa lo O1 l m tl 1 o 1 J A i '
Iv 1 uu.u.auu6 ureportatlon in Alaska
mat '"en oi large aiiairs, lnsteaa
opment everywhere. Search where 1 inai tne wal? 6ls on ? ine oin i Harry- 1 callea ,"e wa
iv , . j leers are looking the other way, or at j honest man. and used to tell me: about
J ""i uuguum mo civmzea , night while no one can
never been
detect the t why he boarded at Naughton's. Sd
waste; while the meter is always on j the trouble about finding the Norton
the job and accomplishes' the work i heirs is the confusion of the name. I
completely. will send an article to the paper I get
Allow me to cite some of the com- j from there weekly, to inquire for the
mon defects of the flat rat system heirs. I
which are most prevalent ln cities of . This Is different from the Winter's
this size: Out. in the residence dis- case. I knew Winters also, in 1868 and
trict is a poor old man, who is alone 1869, as a member of company Cr,
Thirty-second infantry, at Camp) Good
tions. Out of this confidence which
the country has In him rises another
distinguishing characteristic of the
present day; namely, the power which
Wilson has over congress, tne ease
with which he makes congress do his
will. A phrase that was applied to
this is "moral coercion." Of course
Wilson, like many another public man.
is a beneficiary to a certain extent- of
the work of some of his predecessors.
An Interesting ' and Important in
quiry has been made by Congressman
John J. Rogers of Massachusetts. He
points out that ln the lower house of
congress there are 58 committees. Of
these, 28 may be dismissed aa unim
portant. Of the 12 remaining, 31
chairmanships are held by members
from the south. Only one lmportan
chairmanship la held by a northern
Democrat, the appropriations commit
tee, of which Fitzgerald of Brooklyn
is the head. And yet. of all the Demo
crats ln the house, only 13Z come from
the south, and 167 from the north and
west. The explanation lies in the fact
that chairmanships go with long serv
ice; and the Democrats who represent
the BOUth have been in Washington a
long time; the Democrats from the
north and west came ln largely aa the
result of a political landslide, and are
for the most part one and two term
men. Considering the very large
power lodged ln the chairman of
committee, these facta are striking
and. Important. The country Is being
governed by and from the south to a
degree not equaled sinoe before the
war. Congressman Rogers makes the
charge that southern members are
using their power to divert most of the
pork, ln the way of publle building
and other local appropriations, to their
section. If this is true. It is a per
fectly natural thing, and merely an
imitation of what northern Repub
Ucans have been doing for a good
many years. But the facta to which
Congressman Rogers calls attention
have a much more important slgnifl
cance.
FIRST EFFECTS OF FREEING CREDIT
By John M. Osklson.
Immediately after signing the new
banking and currency bill. President
Wilson made a ten-minute speech. He
of fearing the president's policies,
are recognizing the fact that the
country's business must adapt it
self to the principles he has laid
down.
No betteri illustration of this
confidence can be found than the
in his home. He takes his meals with
his daughter, and the washing is sent
out; so he uses very little water. How
ever, he wants a small amount, I for
which "he pays a flat rate of 75 cents
fair for the small man as for the cnarge of $3, which amounts to $12 a
giant industrial combination. It year. In the next residence is a large,
will not b GneefnhimH truna. 1 thrifty family, and their daily use of
portation but government trans- water for house cleaning, baths, dish- Widespread Influence of Napoleon, j tuty years the merchants and manu-
is to be as
win. Arias. He was the oldest man. ln referred to the bill as tne rirst or a
the company. He made money maKing 1 series of constructive measures by
shoes. I saw him after he cam) back wfcich the Democratic party will show
from visiting in the east, but did not tna-t lt fcnows how to serve the coun-
speak to him. He was dressed up ana try.'
wore a stovepipe hat. He was a Ger- He sp0ke of it as the second in the
man. HENRY M'GUIRE. aeries (th tariff law being the first);
I I and he said that for the first time in
portation, and without rebates,
without drawbacks and without
special privilege of any kind. It
March letter to customers sent out Na rusn to Alaska
by the Fourth National bank of' There is to be a gigantic activity
21nr t ' bThe le"ermakes ref- ln-the North. No ship ever salfed
erence to the president's program from a port under bePtter
01 anti-trust legislation, nntlinnd ...i . ...
. . " ' ; iulutc uusmeaa man mat wnich
but probably not elaborated in mC9k r tjioh
bills pending in congress. These aft f 4,nv, J,
bills' are Attracting general inter.
, , 'P P 89 8 , preVenti t0 look ahead wIth better expecta
corporate abuses complained of iff t tions of new business, and new
;:u'umx? "e Profits from a new eld the
i,c xura. business world of Portland in con-
uank says: tAmnutinn . ,
outcome.10 whTchy ,r of Aching ! inaugurated this day in the sailing
importance, coming as it does at a t ' tne Thomas L. Wand for Alas-
time when the Business of the coun
try 13 recovering from a period of
depression, caused, in part at least,
by uncertainty respecting the rela
tions existing between the federal
government and the large corpora
tions transacting an Interstate busi
ness. President Wilson in recent ut
terances has made clear, however,
his desire to promote the prosperity
of alb industrial concerns conducting
their affairs in accordance with law.
The New York bank, .believes,
for that reason, objections urged
against some of the bills will be
given due consideration. Hnw.
kan ports.
WHY FREE TOLLS?
T
HE average per caDita con
tribution by the people , to
the railways of the United.
States in 1907 was $30.86.
The American government . does
a colossal business. It is a billion
dollar establishment; It spends
more thai a billion dollars every
year.
But the railroads of th TTnltod
ever, the significant part of the ! States collected in transportation
letter is this statement: "Tt lahanrae in ion? ty,- ,.. !,
altogether proper that corporations
should be made to obey the law,
ana it 13 to be assumed that those
in charge of the proposed legisla
tion will not seek to embarrass
concerns, which are using legiti
mate business methods."
There is excellent prospect that
when the president's trust program
becomes law, business, big and,
little, will be more firmly en
trenched than' ever before. The
law, as it stands, contains too
much . uncertainty. There should
be no "twilight zone" in which il
legitimate business can operate.
times as much as the American
government collected in duties on
imports.
For the past fifteen years, trans
portation has had the tariff hope
lessly beaten, in the tolls levied
upon the people. In fact, trans
portation completely outclasses the
government itf every financial as
pect. - In 1907 the entire receipts
of the government from all sources
except sale of bonds was $9.84
per capita against the $30.86 per
capita of the railways. - -
The tremendous Importance of
transportation to : the . people ' is
washing and other uses is extreme.
About twice a week they attach tha
water motor and do a large washing,
and instead of shooting the waste into
the; sewer lt is better for it to go on
the garden and lawn. The flat rate
system encourages them to be frugal,
and so they can care for the lawn with
this waste water, and no one is harmed
by the use of water that otherwise
would go to waste. They pay a flat
rate of 75 cents a month, or $9 a year,
for this great quantity of water, while
the old man pays $12 for the small
amount he uses.
Though the real Injustice comes
from what The Journal has aptly
termed the water hog, and I apply this
to the many industries that use great
quantities of water and pay little or
nothing for it, at the cost of the resi
dences and' small consumers, wherever
the flat rate method Is in use, espe
cially ln cities of this siae.
It is exceedingly difficult , to con
ceive how any man with some Intelli
gence and a little business experience
can advocate or make an effort to in
duce the city commission to vote a
flat water rate upon a community
except thoa- who are receiving special
benefit at the expense of the many.
It Is the duty of all to help the com
mission in determining questions of
this character, and it is the duty of the
voters to see that the water hogs are
not allowed to negotiate the repeal of
the meter ordinance through the next
city election. S. W.- G.
Complaint of Car Routings.
Montavilla, Or., March 3. To the
Editor of The Journal I notices that
the business men on Burnside street
are kicking about the present car serv
ice, and they certainly have a right to
kick. I. tor one, would be glad to see
the Montavilla and Mount . Hood cars
routed over Burnside bridge. Myr rea
sons are: There are few 'cars: and
hence no congestion; there are ho rail
road crossings; this routing serves
north Portland and the depots much
quicker; makes the long Jog sout.i
through the business part qf the city
as well as serving 'the same district
it does at present, (say they turn on
Alder street); It misses the congestion
that often occurs on west Morrison
and East - Morrison, often taking as
long to reach Grand avenue and An
keny as it does to make the run. from
there to tbe end of the line. !
I think 5er cent.of the patrons
c.nriistnn nr Xfarnlt It Trv thf. I fdptnrpric wrmlrl have, as a result of
Editor of The Journal The impress its passage, the full machinery of free
and widespread influence of Napoleon credit at their disposal.
on the laws and social customs of all "J"l. -"Tl?. r' T,
continental Europe, by his war and ,., th. r-ident read his SDecial
civil Innovations, has writ his j name message about the trusts to a Joint
and fame large upon the woria S his- 1 session of the house and senate. . In
tory. At heart and for long ln action I that speech he said
and accomplishment, defender and up-1 "In the matter of the currency, it
lifter of the rights of the common peo- I f nublio opinion) cleared suddenly anJ
pie, all that touches upon his life and very happily after the much-debated
deeds ia of universal interest, j I act was passed." He foresaw a simi-
Will you, or any of the readers of I lar clearing up of the public mind con-
The Journal, kindly have published in I earning the regulation of trusts.
The Journal a poem on Napoleon, giv- I So far as business and financial ac
ing the name of its author, which con-j tlvity are concerned, the country
tains these lines , I seemed to take the president at his
"The small Isle of Corsica first gave
He was vanquished, then banished by strenuous state, and lt landed in the
' IKa lr rt tra nf thai airth I TTn((X Slal. nonoto first - torn
JOHN W. ELLSWORTH. mnatnrm rhn.on hv rtlroot vnta. of th-
ast1a W in tri annflt Pnnma
... . ,. I ' ' 1 "
Mr nai "y uegrees means. 1 maje speech declaring the "Oregon
Portland. March . To the Editor I system" the "best in the world" (su
of The Journal In your issue of yes-I perlative as usual), and he organized
terday I saw an article over which 1 1 a campaign for its adoption in every
had a good laugh. It was the case of I other state In the Union. Then he
Mrs. Clarke, who sued Frank Shol-1 started the "presidential primary"
derer for the return of a pair of I idea, and by a vigorous campaign in
trousers. his home state secured its adoption by
In her evidence Mrs. Clarke said she I a narrow margin over the protest of
had given Sholderer the trousers ex-1 the old machine. Since then 10 other
pecting mm to return them Dy de-1 states have adopted it, and Weodrow
grees. but uie court couian t under-1 Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt have
stand what she meant by degrees, and I indorsed it. Then Bourne turned hia
so dismissed the case. I attention to narcel cost. Brushing
This term Is used a good deal In the I iri with on hand the advocates of
country districts of Ireland, and means I government purchase of the express
"Vi-vra. aa wA VtttA "lis tfi A 1 ... 11
word. Almost Instantly, once the cur
rency and banking bill became a law,
the banks began to call conferences
of their directors to discuss with tho
government officials plana for the es
tablishment of the regional reserve
banks called for, and Into thin air dis
appeared the rather-often-heard threats
of the national banks to give up their
national charters and become state
banks.
A new eonfldenoe seemed te be bred
among tbe banks. Honey that had
been locked up and released to bor
rowers grudgingly at high rates be
gan to flow again, and the loaning
rate went down. Abroad, too, the bank
rate fell, though I do not pretend to
say that our new banking and currency
law had more than a remote effect
over there.
Some one has figured that under the
new banking and currency law a pos
sible expansion of credit available to
users of credit will amount to a bil
lion and a half. That lt will be large
the actual users of materials. th mer
chants and manufacturers, have founl
out; and ln the first two months of
1914 a new and refreshing spirit of op
timism invaded the factories and the
stores.
"bye and bye," or "later on."
J. SLOAN BRENNAN.
companies. JUid with the other squelch
Ing the advocates of a "flat rate re
gardless of distance," he went down
the line for the "xone system ' ana. as
chairman of the senate committee,
Bourne of Oregon.
From Collier's Weekly.
Former Senator Jonathan Bourne of j helped to put tbe parcel post law as
Oregon, who believes the eood road lit stands on the statute books. Now
problem contains the kev to Amrlcn I Mr Bourne thinks "good roads" the
economic development and rural hap- ( most Important economic problem be
piness. always thinks the narticular I fore the American people; "more im-
work he has in hand Is the naramount I nortant." he says, "than both tariff
issue. In his younger years Bourne and currency combined." His friend
was a "booze fighter," but as soon as say that when he gets done with road
he realized that it -was a losing game, legislation he will start a nation
he emptied his champagne into the wide movement to divest the presl
washbowL and ln the 22 years he has dent of the power of appointment, in
not tasted alcoholic liquor. A few I order to deprive the president of the
years ago , he became .convinced . that I power to build up an administration
tire old style i of politics is bad. and I DOlitlcal machine and dictate to sena-
helped U'Ren and others to make Ore- tor and congressmen who want the
gon the pioneer progressive state by privilege- of parceling out a little of
backing the Initiative and referendum the pie. If Bourne goes, Into that, it
and direct primary. His "Statement 1 Is safe to say. in view or his past cam
One" campaign was one of the most I pa gna. that there will be & good deal
strenuous ever pulled off In that! of noise whether n wins or not.
The Ragtime Muse
Milady's Dress.
Dame Fashion's decrees are decisive.
And none must her mandates despise.
Her votaries follow her blindly.
Her orders by them are deemed wise.
At present low necks are quite propsr
No matter what season of year;
But a girl to be thought sweet an J
pretty.
Must not show e'en the tip of her
ear.
One kne4 must be bent at an angle
With the foot out, at the left or the
right.
But lest she be thought real Immodest
The ears must be Quite out of sight.
The width of the skirt at the bottom
Should rarely be more than a yard;
On this true economy's practised
Though steps it may slightly retard.
A silt in the skirt shows the ankle
And hose with a silken sheen.
This is Just as It should be. I take It,
If only the ears are not seen.
Tbe Japanese collar is stunning
And correct for spring styles, so I
near.
But the latest cable from Paris
Forbids one uncovering the ear.
Will girls in the years of tbe future
Iose tne covetea power o near
And know naught of good musio and
ope ran
Because those of today bids the ear?
Like the fish in the cave In Kentucky
Where darkness has cost them their
eyes.
Or ex-athletes muscles stow flabby.
Are napkin-wrapped talents quite
wiser . uy uur ju&ti.
What were tHe causes that led the .
Pioneers Of the sari fnrtl. tn'atart -
on a six months' tor the far-off .
Willamette valley ls a question that
nas oeen snswered?In many ways.
Undoubtedly there' were many causes
but .among the principal ones were ths
widespread discussion of the Oregon
territory caused bV.the championship'
of Lewis F. Linn of Kentucky in the
halls of congress. In the spring of
1840 Linn had introduced a bill to ex
tend the laws of .'the United States
over the territory of Oregon. The con
sideration of the resolution was post
poned from time fcy time and finally,
on January 8, 1841, Jienator Linn moved
by Joint resolution;-that measures be
taken for the occupation and settle
ment of Oregon, fne resolution was
referred to a specitl committee where
lt reposed throughout the session in
the extra session that fall. Linn again
loots the question up. President Tylr
In his message tocongress early in
December of 1841- discussed the Ore
gon question.
On December 12. 1842. Linn Intro
duced another bill In the senate in
which he upheld the ownership of Ore
gon by the United States and in which
ne urged the adoption of measures
looking toward the occupation and .
settlement of Orfcgbn. A few weeks
ater he Introduced another bill in
which he requested the president tfl
notify Great Britain that the treaty ot
- was to be germinated. Shortly
after this the secetary of war dis
patched Lieutenant' Fremont to find
out the best poUits at which forts
should be located Jmd to report on th
condition of the Country.
Linn s bill proposed a line of forts
from the Missouri river to the valley
of the Oregon, including a fort at As
toria, and provide! that each white
male over 18 who cultivated the land
for five years should be entitled to (40
acres of land. The bill also provided
that the laws of Iowa be extended tfj
the territory west of the Missouri rlv
er to the Padflo ocean. The bill wai
reported to a select committee who re
ported lt favorably. - Action was posf
poned by congress for a time and
August 9, 1842, a treaty was conclude)
between the' United States and Kn
land, the United. -States basing repre
sented by Daniel Webster and England
by Lord Ashburton. In the following
session of congress. Linn scald
brought tip his till ln behalf of Ore
gon. - .$
Calhoun 'and Crittenden and mom
other able senators opposed it strongly,
Linn enlisted thi : services of Benton,
Phelps, Buchana-V Young, Sevier and
Walker and afte long discussion and
debate the bill passed the senate by a
vote of 24 to 22 sn February 8, 1843.
It failed to pass in the house. Lin
died on October ,jl 8 43. From all ove(
the middle west came demands that
the Oregon question be taken up and
settled. The universal interest anJ
discussion attracted the attention oi
the residents ofHhe border states to
Oregon and as reports of the fertility
of the Willamette valley had been
brought back, thai eyes of the pioneeri
on the border .states were turned
toward Oregon. .-.
Another cause which ' led many ol
the settlers to start on the long Jour
ney across the puilns was that they
could not dispose qf their produce. New
Orleans was practically the only mar
ket and to geti there meant a lotiR.
dangerous trip down the river en 4
raft with the uncertainty as to whether
they would get ajgood price at the rml
of the trip. Crn. bucon. lard and
other crops tha would stand trans
portation were -ie only things they
could ship. Bacon was so cheap ttant
the steamers used, to fill their boilers
with sides of baean when racing rival
steamers down the river.
Msny were hopelessly in debt and
saw no way of getting jout of debt un
less they got a; new start ln a new
country. Peter ''Burnett was one of
the flatter class. '
These and many other causes led to
the rallying cry,, ' On to Oregon."
During the past 25 years I have
visited many of, the Immigrants of
1843 and learned from first hand much
about their tripsV Many of the men
, and women who were later prominent
In Oregon's affairs came with this Im
migration. Amoa'g those who are best
known are the Applegates. Jesse,
Charles and Lindsey; Peter H. Burnett,
first captain of the emigrant train.
California's flrstv governor and uncle
of Supreme Judge George IL Burnett,
now on the Oregon bench; Orris.
Brown, whose mother, Tabltha Brown,
came out two years later and became
the founder of Pacific University st
Forest Grove, and Nineveh Ford, as
well as Ephrlam, Nimrod and John
Ford among the iflrot settlers on La
Creole creek ln: Polk cosnty. Na
thaniel Ford was elected supreme Judge
by the leglslatuj or . the provisional
government in IMS, but declined, and
Peter II. Burnetf was elected Instead.
Other pioneers were John Gantt,
William Holmes, the Hembrees, J. J..
James, Andrew, W. C. and A. J. Htm
bree, the latter of whom has held many
positions of trust ind honor; the How
ells, from whom Howell Prairie Is
named: Henry Hill, from whom Hllls
boro takes its name; J. B. Kaiser and
Pleasant Kaiser, A; L. Lovejoy. Jesse
Looney. H. A. G Lee, one of the first
editors of the Oregon Spectator; Daniel
Matheney and Adam, Jasper and Josian
Matheney. There was M. M, McCsr
ver, founder of the town of Burlington,
lows, and with Perfer Burnett, founder
of the town of Llnnton, now a suburb
of Portland, and still later one of the
founders of Tacom and a fellow mem
ber with P. H. "Burnett, David Hill,'
Mother Gllmore. A. L. Lovejoy, Daniel
Waldo, T. D. Kaiser and Robert New
ell of the provisional legislature ln
1844, of which MeCarver was speaker
of the house and Peter Burnett wss
secretary; J. B.rMcClone, J. W. Nes
mlth, who became a Judge, gold miner,
legislator, marshal, .brigadier general
of Oregon troops and United Staes sen
ator; Hugh D. O'Brien, who became
Portland's first mayor In 1881; Daniel
snd David and William Waldo. Daniel
Waldo was a member of the provi
sional legislature of 1844, representing
Champoeg countyi He, "with Fv X
Matthleu and El) p. Parish, served as
Judge of Champ4g county, snd gave
his name to the Waldo Hills, near Sa
lem. One could; add scores of other
names to those .ho helped build up
Oregon who cmn the emigration of
1843. 1 : ..
SUNDAY- FEATURES
The Sunday Journal Msgsxin '
offers thess: compelling fea
tures or fwomen . reader
each Sunday:
Pattern tor the horn drees.
maker.- - -vr' "
Suggestion tor the nedWt
! woman. ' .' :
Hints on borne economy.
Talks on health and beauty. -
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